12/2024
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For schedules of all our services,
visit pbsnc.org/schedule.
DAILY SCHEDULE
6 AM Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
Weekends:
The Cat in the Hat
Knows a Lot About That!
6:30 Sesame Street DV
Weekends:
Dinosaur Train DV
7:00 Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
Weekends until 10 AM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Peg + Cat DV
7:30 Mecha Builders DV
8:00 Sesame Street DV
8:30 Milo
9:00 Work It Out Wombats! DV
10:00 Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
11:00 Carl the Collector
11:30 Curious George
Noon Donkey Hodie DV
1:00 Elinor Wonders Why DV
Weekends until 4 PM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Peg + Cat DV
1:30 Rosie’s Rules DV
2:30 Xavier Riddle DV
3:00 Alma’s Way DV
4:00 Lyla in the Loop DV
4:30 Arthur DV
5:00 Odd Squad DV
6:00 Wild Kratts
Weekends at 6:30 PM:
Ready Jet Go! DV
7:00 Lyla in the Loop DV
Weekends until 10 PM:
PBS Family Fun Night
7:30 Nature Cat
8:00 Molly of Denali DV
8:30 Hero Elementary DV
9:00 Cyberchase DV
9:30 Let’s Go Luna! DV
10:00 Rosie’s Rules DV
10:30 Xavier Riddle DV
11:00 Alma’s Way
Weekends at 11:30 PM:
Molly of Denali DV
For the most up-to-date info,
visit pbsnc.org/schedule.
Have Fun with
Molly of Denali
Help Molly prepare for a big Alaska
Native celebration with The Big
Gathering Game from PBS KIDS.
Create a to-do list, pack Molly’s bags,
practice bird calls, track packages and
so much more. Find the game at
pbskids.org/molly/games/gathering.
Spend the Holidays
with Peg + Cat
This month, join Peg + Cat for
Read-a-roo’s Block Party! Follow
Peg and sidekick Cat as they
embark on adventures, solve
problems and learn math concepts.
Watch every weekend this month,
7–10 AM and 1–4 PM, on Rootle. And don’t
miss the special holiday block on December 21 and 22!
Watch PBS KIDS with ASL
PBS KIDS is committed to helping all kids
learn by expanding accessibility with
the addition of American Sign
Language to streaming content.
Watch your favorite PBS KIDS
shows with an ASL interpreter on
the PBS KIDS Video app or by visiting
pbsnc.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/
american-sign-language-pbs-kids.
EXPLORE!
WATCH!
PLAY!
4 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
1 SUNDAY
6 AM EX Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
How movement is vital
to every aspect of life.
6:30 PBS Lyla in the Loop DV
NC Sit & Be Fit
Vestibular System
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Core-strengthening.
EX Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
How to boost
your memory.
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Yoga Dance
8:00 PBS Carl the Collector
NC Classic Gospel
Power in the Blood
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
9:00 PBS This Old House
Nashville|A Grand Time
at the Opry
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Animated Wooden Toys L
EX Engelbert
Humperdinck:
Live in Hawaii
The crooner performs
in Honolulu.
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Rusty Bulkhead,
Granite Stairs
NC For Your Home
Gardening Solutions DV
10:00 PBS Reconnecting Roots
Shelter: House & Home
NC NC Weekend
Family Time L
10:30 PBS State Lines
Top legislative stories. L
NC Sci NC
Flight Science L
EX Classical Rewind
A look at classical
masterpieces.
11:00 PBS Mary Berry’s
Highland Christmas
A holiday feast
in Scotland.
NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
11:30 NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
Noon NC State Lines L
EX Peter Bence:
Pianosphere in Paris
12:30 PBS Mexico
Made with Love
NC Black Issues Forum
A platform for Black
voices in NC. L
1:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Johnny C. Taylor Jr. L
1:30 NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health of
Our Future: Youth
& Young Adults L
EX Broadway’s
Leading Men:
A Musical Celebration.
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen
Celebrates 25 Years
A behind-the-scenes
look at the series.
NC NC Bookwatch
Rob Christensen. L
2:30 NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Watauga River Drift L
3:00 NC NC Weekend
Family Time L
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Johnny C. Taylor Jr. L
NC Sci NC
Flight Science L
EX Mary Berry’s
Highland Christmas
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
4:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
PLEASE NOTE: For the
latest scheduling info, visit
pbsnc.org/schedule. Program
times may vary; add at least
five minutes when recording.
Our on-air fundraiser runs through Sunday, December 8.
To give, visit pbsnc.org/donate or call 1-800-984-9090.
Explore the work of talented
artisans on Mexico Made with
Love, Sunday, December 1,
12:30 PM, on PBS NC.
Peter Bence: Pianosphere in
Paris showcases the musician’s
unconventional style, Sunday,
December 1, noon, on the
Explorer Channel.
Grab a front row seat for
Broadway’s Leading Men:
A Musical Celebration, Sunday,
December 1, 1:30 PM, on the
Explorer Channel.
Photo: Elodie Roy
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December | 5
7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
Princes in the Tower DV
8:00 PBS Willie Nelson’s
90th Birthday
Celebration
Sheryl Crow, Dave
Matthews and others
celebrate the legend.
NC Folk Americana
Roots Hall of Fame:
Inaugural Induction
A celebration of
American folk music.
8:30 EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
Madness of King George DV
9:00 NC NC Weekend
Family Time L
9:30 NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
EX Wolf Hall
Henry tires of Anne. DV
10:00 PBS The Highwaymen
Live at Nassau Coliseum
Willie Nelson, Waylon
Jennings, Johnny Cash
and Kris Kristofferson
perform their hits.
NC My Name Is Merle
MerleFest. L
11:00 NC Reel South
Little Satchmo DV, L
EX Finding Your Roots
Country Roots
11:30 PBS Amanpour & Co.
3 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health of
Our Future: Youth
& Young Adults L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Nuts over Chocolate
6:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary J. Salamido. L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Britain’s
Secret Islands
Drake’s Island.
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Family Time L
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Christmas Traditions
EX Rick Steves
European Christmas
Holiday celebrations
throughout Europe.
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders:
25 Years of Mayhem
A tribute to the talent
behind the series.
NC State Lines L
6:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
7:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small:
Christmas in the Dales
Behind-the-scenes
memories of the show’s
Christmas finales.
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Young Forever
with Mark Hyman, MD
Tips on longevity.
7:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
8:00 NC Finding Your Roots
Hidden in the Genes DV
8:30 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small:
Tricki & Friends
A look at the animals
featured in the series.
EX Just One Thing with
Steven Gundry, MD
Insights into how to live
a long, healthy life.
9:00 NC Nova
Ending HIV in America DV
10:00 PBS Wolf Hall
Henry tires of Anne. DV
NC For the Love
of Friends
HIV/AIDS activist Brent
Nicholson Earle.
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
10:30 EX Sci NC
Flight Science L
11:00 EX Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
11:30 PBS ’60s & ’70s
Soul Celebration
Soul legends perform
their biggest hits.
NC Outrage of
Danny Sotomayor:
American Stories
A man fights for the
LGBTQ+ community
in Chicago. DV
2 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC Laura Flanders
& Friends
Discussions on justice.
6:30 NC State Lines L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Florida Keys &
Key West
7:00 PBS Hometowns
Big Stone Gap, VA
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
England’s Bath & York
YOU’RE
INVITED!
Learn about
free screenings,
discussions and other
community offerings
at pbsnc.org/events.
Snoop Dogg makes a fine duet partner on Willie Nelson’s 90th
Birthday Celebration, Monday, December 2, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
Photo: Joshua Timmermans
6 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
11:00 NC Folk Americana
Roots Hall of Fame
EX Nature
Woodpeckers:
The Hole Story DV
5 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Johnny C. Taylor Jr. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Finding Belonging
6:30 NC Carolina
Business Review
Weekly highlights. L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Canyon Cuisine
7:00 PBS Weathered:
Earth’s Extremes
Water Whiplash
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Edinburgh
7:30 PBS Best of Our State
Playing with Heart &
Wild Horses L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Budapest, Hungary
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
NC Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
EX Pearl Harbor:
Into the Arizona
A look inside the
sunken battleship.
8:30 PBS Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
NC Exploring NC
Fossil Fields L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
North Wales:
Feisty & Poetic
7:30 PBS Sci NC
Flight Science L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Nuts over Chocolate
8:00 PBS Mustangs:
America’s Wild Horses
A look at an enduring
American icon.
NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
EX Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
8:30 NC Best of Our State
Carl Sandburg’s Conne
mara & Photographer
Matthew Lewis L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Symphony of Flavors
9:00 NC Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 9
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
9:30 EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
By Bread Alone
10:00 PBS Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
NC A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special
Chef Vivian Howard’s
vision of the season. L
EX Milk Street
Television
Milk Street Thanksgiving
10:30 EX Milk Street’s
My Family Recipe
My Mother’s Calzone
8:00 PBS Henry Louis Gates,
Jr.: The Fabric of America
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
EX Alan Carr’s
Adventures with
Agatha Christie
Agatha
8:30 NC A Chef’s Life
Turnips: The Greens L
9:00 NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Culinary School
EX Christmastime
in New Orleans
The music, sights and
cuisine of New Orleans.
9:30 PBS Ken Burns: One
Nation, Many Stories
A look at the filmmak
er’s more recent work.
NC Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Belgium: Bruges & Brussels
10:00 NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Nuts over Chocolate
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Florida Keys &
Key West
10:30 NC Finding Festivals
Thyagaraja Festival
EX America’s Heartland
Antique Tractors
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC No Passport Required
Houston
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Ontario, Canada’s
Niagara Peninsula:
Toronto & Beyond DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Blackfeet & Bison
4 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC In Good Shape:
The Health Show
EX ncIMPACT
Mental Health of
Our Future: Youth
& Young Adults L
6:30 NC Getting Dot Older
Growing Up Different
EX Sci NC
Flight Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
Sci NC examines the impact of
Hurricane Helene on western
NC, Thursday, December 5, 8 PM
on the North Carolina Channel
and 8:30 PM on PBS NC.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The
Fabric of America explores the
work of the renowned cultural
historian, Tuesday, December 3,
8 PM, on PBS NC.
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December | 7
7 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Time Heat L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Sit & Be Fit
Improving Posture
EX Rick Steves
Why We Travel
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Vertebra stretches.
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Breathe & Meditate
EX Moments
to Remember
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC State Lines L
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Black Issues Forum L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary J. Salamido. L
EX ’60s & ’70s
Soul Celebration
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Veterans L
11:00 PBS Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
Kyshona Armstrong.
11:30 NC #MeToo, Now What?
The Accuser & the Accused
Noon PBS Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
NC NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
The Maternity Home
is filled with expectant
moms on Christmas. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
9:00 PBS Moments
to Remember
Performances and
archival classics of
the early pop era.
NC State Lines L
9:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Christmastime in
New Orleans
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary J. Salamido. L
EX Velvet
The Day After
10:30 NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Veterans L
11:00 NC Ear to the
Common Ground
Kyshona Armstrong.
11:30 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC #MeToo, Now What?
The Accuser & the Accused
EX Reconnecting Roots
Games: Rolls to Roles
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
NC Expedition with
Steve Backshall
Socorro: Expedition
Shark Island DV
EX Journey Home
to the USS Arizona
The family of a Pearl
Harbor survivor place
his ashes aboard the
sunken battleship.
9:30 PBS Christmas Classics:
Tremonti Sings Sinatra
Filmed at the Walt
Disney Theater at
Dr. Phillips Center.
10:00 NC Confluence
The Material World
EX Bob Dole, Italy &
World War II
Bob Dole shares
the ordeal he and
other soldiers faced
during the war.
10:30 PBS Rick Steves
Why We Travel
A love note to travel.
11:00 NC Genius by
Stephen Hawking
What Are We?
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Cruising the
Mediterranean DV
11:30 PBS Amanpour & Co.
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Chesapeake Bay:
Of Clams & Oysters
6 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC NC Bookwatch
Robert Morgan. L
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Family Friendly Fare
6:30 NC Comic Culture
Laura Lee Gulledge. L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Nuts over Chocolate
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Naples & Pompeii
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Veterans L
Christmas Classics: Tremonti
Sings Sinatra presents holiday
tunes in the style of Ol’ Blue
Eyes, Thursday, December 5,
9:30 PM, on PBS NC.
8 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Hammer Veneer L
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Medicine Cabinet,
Chimney Crown
NC For Your Home
Renovate Don’t Relocate:
Kitchen Makeover, Part 1 DV
EX Il Volo in the Valley
of the Temples
The Italian trio
perform in Sicily.
10:00 PBS Reconnecting Roots
Weather: Field to Forecast
NC NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
11:00 PBS Henry Louis Gates,
Jr.: The Fabric of America
NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
EX John Williams:
The Berlin Concert
11:30 NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
Noon NC State Lines L
12:30 PBS ’60s & ’70s
Soul Celebration
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Rick Steves
European Christmas
1:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary J. Salamido. L
1:30 NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Veterans L
2:00 NC NC Bookwatch
Robert Morgan. L
2:30 NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Time Heat L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small:
Touring the Dales
A visit to the show’s
filming locations.
3:00 NC NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary J. Salamido. L
NC Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
EX Henry Louis Gates,
Jr.: The Fabric of America
8:00 PBS Fleetwood Mac:
The Dance
The band performs its
hits. Recorded in 1997.
NC Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
The Old Ceremony L
8:30 NC Music at the Museum
Tumbao L
EX Ken Burns: One
Nation, Many Stories
9:00 NC Recorded Live
at Analog
Madison Ryann Ward
9:30 PBS Bee Gees
One Night Only
The group performs in
Las Vegas in 1997.
10:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
Majesty: A Tribute
to Queen
10:30 EX Ken Burns:
The Civil War
A look at the landmark
documentary.
11:00 PBS Willie Nelson’s
90th Birthday
Celebration
NC Pioneers of Television
Sitcoms
8 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
EX Henry Louis Gates,
Jr.: The Fabric of America
6:30 PBS Lyla in the Loop DV
NC Sit & Be Fit
Engaging the Pelvic Floor
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Full-Body Alignment
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Galloping Horse,
Arching Tiger
EX America’s Home
Cooking: Sweets
Kentucky Derby pie.
8:00 PBS Carl the Collector
NC Classic Gospel
Reba McEntire: My Chains
Are Gone—Hymns & Gospel
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
9:00 PBS This Old House
Nashville|
Sustainable Siding
12:30 NC Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
1:00 NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
EX NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
1:30 PBS Rick Steves
European Christmas
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
EX Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
2:00 NC Jazzy Vegetarian
Vegan Holiday
Celebration
2:30 NC Quilting Arts
Out-of-the-Box
Possibilities
EX Mary Berry’s
Highland Christmas
3:00 NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
Plaid Power L
3:30 PBS Just One Thing
with Steven Gundry, MD
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Hammer Veneer L
4:00 NC American Woodshop
Custom Knives &
Keep Trays
EX Mexico
Made with Love
4:30 NC America’s Heartland
Microgreens.
5:00 PBS John Williams:
The Berlin Concert
The composer’s debut
with the Berliner
Philharmoniker.
NC Into the Outdoors
Into Recycling: Scrap Tires
5:30 NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Time Heat L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Celebrates 25 Years
6:00 NC Classic Gospel
Reba McEntire: My Chains
Are Gone—Hymns & Gospel
6:30 PBS Rick Steves
Why We Travel
7:00 PBS Christmas Classics:
Tremonti Sings Sinatra
NC The All-Star
Orchestra
Celebrating Unity
Around the World
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 9
11:00 NC Reel South
Bury Me at Taylor Hollow
DV, L
EX Henry Louis Gates,
Jr.: The Fabric of America
11:30 PBS Focus On
Bonita J. Brown L
10 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Veterans L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
A Showstopping
Chocolate-Raspberry Trifle
6:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Cook’s Country
Short Ribs &
Baked Potatoes
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Libby Langdon. L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
Princes in the Tower DV
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
The New World
NC The Key Ingredient
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EX Alan Carr’s
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Agatha Christie
Miss Marple
8:30 NC A Chef’s Life
Chicken Lickin’ L
9:00 PBS When Giants
Walked Here
The rise and fall of pro
wrestling at Raleigh’s
iconic Dorton Arena. L
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Dooky Chase’s Second Act
EX Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
The singer-songwriter
performs holiday hits.
9:30 NC Cook’s Country
Short Ribs &
Baked Potatoes
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Provence: Legendary
Light, Wind & Wine
10:00 NC Fight the Power:
How Hip Hop
Changed the World
Under Siege DV
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
10:30 PBS Bee Gees
One Night Only
EX Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
11:00 NC Disco: Soundtrack
of a Revolution
Rock the Boat
EX Young Forever
with Mark Hyman, MD
9 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC Laura Flanders
& Friends
EX Christmastime
in New Orleans
6:30 NC State Lines L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Top of the South Island, NZ
7:00 PBS Focus On
Bonita J. Brown L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Amalfi Coast
7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Doctor & Detective DV
8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 10
NC Independent Lens
Matter of Mind: My ALS DV
9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Did Grandma Lie?
NC NC Weekend
Art & Artists L
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
The Black Death DV
9:30 NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
10:00 PBS American Masters
Laura Ingalls Wilder:
Prairie to Page DV
NC Odd Hours,
No Pay, Cool Hat
Volunteer firefighters.
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
The Witch Hunts DV
4:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
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Sweet Potatoes L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small:
Tricki & Friends
5:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Culinary School
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Cook’s Country
Short Ribs &
Baked Potatoes
6:00 PBS Concert for George
A tribute to
George Harrison.
NC State Lines L
EX Mustangs:
America’s Wild Horses
6:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
7:00 NC PBS News Weekend
7:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
SERIES PREMIERE!
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NC Finding Your Roots
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EX Ken Burns:
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9:00 NC Fight the Power:
How Hip Hop
Changed the World
The Foundation DV
9:30 PBS Vienna Blood:
Analyzing the
Hidden Truths
Go behind the scenes.
On Lucy Worsley’s Holmes
vs. Doyle, the British historian
ponders why Arthur Conan
Doyle came to hate his most
famous creation, Sunday,
December 8, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
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NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary J. Salamido. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Be the Host
6:30 NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Symphony of Flavors
7:00 PBS Weathered:
Earth’s Extremes
Not Business as Usual
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Tuscany’s Dolce Vita
7:30 PBS Best of Our State
Puppet Masters &
Elizabeth Keckly L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Florida Keys &
Key West
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
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New Collard Leaf L
NC Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
EX A Christmas with
Sir John Rutter at
Preston Hollow
From the Preston
Hollow Presbyterian
Church in Dallas.
8:30 PBS Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
NC Exploring NC
Fishy Science L
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
NC Expedition with
Steve Backshall
Expedition Unseen DV
8:00 PBS Nature
Portugal: Wild Land
on the Edge DV
NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
EX Cook’s Country
Short Ribs &
Baked Potatoes
8:30 NC Best of Our State
Trail of Trust & Chimney
Rock State Park L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Revolutionary Bites
9:00 PBS Nova
Rebuilding Notre Dame DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 10
EX The Key Ingredient
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We’re Sweet on
Sweet Potatoes L
9:30 EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
The Good Fats
10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead
The Sunken Basilica
NC When Giants
Walked Here L
EX Milk Street
Television
Parisian Sweets
10:30 EX Milk Street’s
My Family Recipe
My Grandmother’s
Christmas Popovers
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Momentum
Two friends find new
hope through MMA.
EX First Contact:
An Alien Encounter
A dramatic story of
an encounter with an
extraterrestrial artifact.
10:00 PBS Frontline
Breakdown in Maine
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
A Showstopping
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EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Top of the South Island, NZ
10:30 NC Finding Festivals
Tulip Time
EX America’s Heartland
Hydroponic Farming
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC No Passport Required
Philadelphia
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
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11:30 EX In the Americas
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Colombia: Cartagena &
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11 WEDNESDAY
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NC In Good Shape:
The Health Show
EX ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Veterans L
6:30 NC Getting Dot Older
Losing My Mother
EX Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Milan & Lake Como
7:30 PBS Sci NC
The Science of
Hurricane Helene L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
A Showstopping
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On Classic Christmas with
the Bach Festival Society,
enjoy new arrangements of
familiar favorites, Thursday,
December 12, 9 PM, on the
Explorer Channel.
Get in the holiday spirit with the Crane Candlelight Concert,
Thursday, December 12, 10 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
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11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
Sweet Lizzy Project.
11:30 NC #MeToo, Now What?
Masculinity in Crisis?
EX Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Robert Downey Jr.
and Jodie Foster.
14 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Surf Zone L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Sit & Be Fit
Exercising with
Small & Large Balls
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Father’s Day Breakfast
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Back Pain Relief
EX Reconnecting Roots
Firefighting: Forging
American Heroes
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Ab-sense
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Great Swiss Cities:
Luzern, Bern, Zurich
& Lausanne
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
EX 8 Days: To the
Moon & Back
A re-creation of the
first moon landing.
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
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New Collard Leaf L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC State Lines L
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX OSIRIS-REx:
Countdown to Launch
Designing a spacecraft
for NASA.
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
A Showstopping
Chocolate-Raspberry Trifle
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Great Hill Towns
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Older Adults L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
The midwives move to
the maternity clinic. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
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New Collard Leaf L
9:00 PBS Violent Femmes
40th Anniversary with
the Milwaukee
Symphony Orchestra
NC State Lines L
9:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
10:00 PBS Next at the
Kennedy Center
Ben Folds Presents
Declassified
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Libby Langdon. L
EX Velvet
Alberto’s Choice
10:30 NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Older Adults L
EX Classic Christmas
with the Bach Festival
Society: Joyful Sounds
From the Knowles
Memorial Chapel.
9:30 PBS Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
Violet Bell
10:00 PBS Breakthrough
Women in Science
& Medicine
SERIES PREMIERE!
Dr. Rachel Brem
NC Confluence
Everything New
Is Old Again
EX Crane
Candlelight Concert
Celebrating a Miracle
10:30 PBS Breakthrough
Women in Science
& Medicine
Lillie D. Shockney
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Genius by
Stephen Hawking
Where Are We?
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
Peoples of Oaxaca &
the Arrival of Holy Week
13 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC NC Bookwatch
Eleanora Tate. L
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
A Tale of Two Chinatowns
6:30 NC Comic Culture
Elliot S. Maggin. L
Milwaukee’s Best: Violent Femmes celebrate the 40th anniversary
of their debut album with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra,
Friday, December 13, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
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EX Weekends
with Yankee
Trails & Sails
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Western Turkey
NC Jazzy Vegetarian
Burrito Night!
EX Alan Carr’s
Adventures with
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple
2:30 PBS Wild Travels
Oregon’s UFO Fest.
NC Quilting Arts
Stitching Realism
3:00 PBS Curious Traveler
Curious Lyon, France
NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
Highland Fling L
EX Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Outdoor Entertaining
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Holly Wood Spectacular L
EX Curious Traveler
Curious Poznan, Poland
4:00 PBS This Old House
Nashville|Vince Gill’s
Nashville
NC American Woodshop
Treasure Box
EX Wild Travels
Oregon’s UFO Fest.
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Gutter Runoff,
Replace Ceiling Fan
NC America’s Heartland
Leafy greens.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Highlights of Castile:
Toledo & Salamanca
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Libby Langdon. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Be the Host
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Older Adults L
EX A Taste of History
Rice & Resilience|
Charleston, SC
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Planting & Caring for Trees
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
Sweet Lizzy Project.
EX Milk Street
Television
Milk Street Holiday
11:30 PBS Homemade Live!
Homemade for
the Holidays
NC #MeToo, Now What?
Masculinity in Crisis?
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Father’s Day Breakfast
Noon PBS A Taste of History
Dushi Delights &
Beachside Bites Curaçao,
Caribbean
NC NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
A Tale of Two Chinatowns
12:30 PBS Ireland with Michael
Westmeath: The Heartland
NC Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
EX Good Road
Miami, FL: Little
Haiti Healers
1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 10
NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
EX NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
1:30 NC The Key Ingredient
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New Collard Leaf L
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Surf Zone L
NC Into the Outdoors
Into Family Fishing in
Your National Forests
EX First Contact:
An Alien Encounter
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Surf Zone L
6:00 PBS Father Brown
The Dead of Night
NC Classic Gospel
Wintley Phipps:
Amazing Grace—
Hymns & Gospel Classics
6:30 EX 8 Days: To the
Moon & Back
7:00 PBS Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries
Murder & Mozzarella
NC All-Star Orchestra
The Pines of Rome
& the Restless Sea
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
SERIES PREMIERE! The
Blacktrees Prophecy, Part 1
NC Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
Violet Bell L
EX American Masters
Max Roach: The Drum
Also Waltzes DV
8:30 NC Music at the Museum
Speed Stick L
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Blacktrees Prophecy,
Part 2
NC Recorded Live
at Analog
Sierra Ferrell
9:30 EX American Masters
James Baldwin:
The Price of the Ticket DV
On the season premiere of Midsomer Murders, a doomsdayer is
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EX World on Fire
Kasia is confronted by
the horror of war. DV
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
Short Ribs &
Baked Potatoes
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Surf Zone L
3:00 PBS Milk Street’s
My Family Recipe
Tatiana’s Sauerkraut Soup
NC NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
EX World on Fire
Harry returns to
Manchester. DV
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Libby Langdon. L
NC Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC My Home, NC
NC Foodie Favs L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Doctor & Detective DV
4:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Dooky Chase’s Second Act
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Cook’s Country
The Power of
Southern Cooking
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
The Black Death DV
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Blacktrees Prophecy,
Part 1
NC State Lines L
6:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
EX Clown by
Quentin Blake
A toy clown goes on an
exciting journey.
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Blacktrees Prophecy,
Part 2
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Nature
Portugal: Wild Land
on the Edge DV
EX Curious Traveler
Curious Utrecht,
Netherlands
10:00 PBS Reconnecting Roots
Firefighting: Forging
American Heroes
NC NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
EX World on Fire
The war reaches the
Egyptian desert. DV
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
11:00 PBS Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
More Than the Food
on Your Plate
NC My Home, NC
NC Foodie Favs L
EX World on Fire
Harry struggles with
desert combat. DV
11:30 PBS Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
How Sweet It Is
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
New Orleans Kitchen
Butter Up
NC State Lines L
EX World on Fire
Stan and Rajib make a
hasty retreat. DV
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
NC Black Issues Forum L
1:00 PBS Milk Street
Television
New Potatoes
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Libby Langdon. L
EX World on Fire
Rajib’s military values
are tested. DV
1:30 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table
Canyon Cuisine
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Older Adults L
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen
A Showstopping
Chocolate-Raspberry Trifle
NC NC Bookwatch
Eleanora Tate. L
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
A famous chef is poisoned.
NC Song of the
Mountains
Martha Spencer &
Wonderland Country
Band/Danny Paisley &
the Southern Grass
11:00 PBS Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
Violet Bell L
NC Art of Music
Sheryl Crow &
Jason Isbell
EX American
Experience
Riveted: The History
of Jeans DV
11:30 PBS Caverns Sessions
Clay Street Unit
15 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Arthur’s Perfect
Christmas DV
EX Finding Your Roots
The New World
6:30 NC Sit & Be Fit
Safe Driving Skills
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Calf & Knee
EX Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 10
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Energize with the Sun
8:00 PBS Carl the Collector
NC Classic Gospel
Wintley Phipps:
Amazing Grace—
Hymns & Gospel Classics
EX Alan Carr’s
Adventures with
Agatha Christie
Agatha
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
9:00 PBS This Old House
Nashville|Vince Gill’s
Nashville
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Holly Wood Spectacular L
EX You Are
Cordially Invited
Private estates.
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Gutter Runoff,
Replace Ceiling Fan
NC For Your Home
Kitchen Makeover, Part 2 DV
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10:30 NC Show Must Go On!
Four women prove
it’s never too late to
reinvent yourself. L
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC State Lines Special L
EX Finding Your Roots
The New World
11:30 NC Reel South
Florida Woman DV, L
17 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
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EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Christmas Baking
6:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Cook’s Country
The Power of
Southern Cooking
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Michael Fox. L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
Madness of King George DV
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
8:00 PBS Joy: Christmas with
the Tabernacle Choir
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
EX Alan Carr’s
Adventures with
Agatha Christie
Poirot
8:30 NC A Chef’s Life
Ramp-ing Up to Spring L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Sonoma County, CA
7:00 PBS State Lines Special L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Vienna
7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Fact & Fiction DV
8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 11
NC Breakthrough
Women in Science
& Medicine
Dr. Rachel Brem
8:30 NC Breakthrough
Women in Science
& Medicine
Lillie D. Shockney
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
Broodiness DV
9:00 PBS American Masters
Brenda Lee:
Rockin’ Around DV
NC NC Weekend
A Book Crawl Across
the State L
9:30 NC My Home, NC
NC Foodie Favs L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
Carpe Diem DV
10:00 PBS Charley Pride:
I’m Just Me
The country star’s
improbable journey.
NC The Singing Senator
The story of Charlie
Albertson. L
7:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Fact & Fiction DV
NC Finding Your Roots
The New World
EX Nova
Rebuilding Notre Dame DV
9:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
Broodiness DV
NC Fight the Power:
How Hip Hop Changed
the World
Culture Wars DV
EX Secrets of the Dead
The Sunken Basilica
10:00 NC Fight the Power:
How Hip Hop Changed
the World
Still Fighting DV
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
Carpe Diem DV
10:30 EX Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
11:00 NC Disco: Soundtrack
of a Revolution
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
EX Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 10
11:30 PBS Luna & Sophie
Loss
16 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC Laura Flanders
& Friends
EX Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
6:30 NC State Lines L
Learn all about Brenda Lee on
American Masters, Monday,
December 16, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
Michael Maliakel and Lesley
Nicol present Joy: Christmas
with the Tabernacle Choir,
Tuesday, December 17, 8 PM,
on PBS NC.
Vanessa Haynes and others
reimagine a masterpiece on
Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel
Messiah, Tuesday, December 17,
9:30 PM, on PBS NC.
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19 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC Side by Side
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Libby Langdon. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Roll Up Your Sleeves
6:30 NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Revolutionary Bites
7:00 PBS Weathered:
Earth’s Extremes
Climate Crossroads
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Making Of
7:30 PBS Best of Our State
Natural Connections
& What It Was,
Was Football L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Top of the South Island, NZ
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
NC Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
EX Joy: Christmas with
the Tabernacle Choir
8:30 PBS Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
NC Exploring NC
Climate Changes in
the Carolinas L
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
NC Expedition with
Steve Backshall
Oman: Desert Canyon
9:30 PBS Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
Dawn Landes L
EX Too Hot to Handel:
The Gospel Messiah
10:00 PBS Craft in America
Celebration
NC Life: First Steps
Single Kids
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Nova
Back to the Moon
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Hong Kong: A City
of Festivals DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Havana: Inside the City
NC My Home, NC
NC Foodie Favs L
EX Cook’s Country
The Power of
Southern Cooking
8:30 NC Best of Our State
Dismal Swamp Canal
& Ben Long Frescoes L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Cowboy Life
9:00 PBS Nova
Lost Tombs of
Notre Dame DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 11
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Turning over a
New Collard Leaf L
9:30 EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Bless Your Heart
10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead
Eiffel’s Race to the Top
NC American St. Nick
U.S. soldiers in WWII
create a tradition that
continues to this day.
EX Milk Street
Television
New Potatoes
10:30 EX Milk Street’s
My Family Recipe
Grandma Erna’s Kugel
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Breakthrough
Women in Science
& Medicine
Dr. Rachel Brem
EX Nature
Portugal: Wild Land
on the Edge DV
11:30 NC Breakthrough
Women in Science
& Medicine
Lillie D. Shockney
9:00 NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
At Home with My Pots
EX Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
The connections be
tween Seneca Falls, NY,
and the town from the
film It’s a Wonderful Life.
9:30 PBS Too Hot to Handel:
The Gospel Messiah
NC Cook’s Country
The Power of
Southern Cooking
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
French Riviera:
Uniquely Chic
10:00 NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Christmas Baking
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Sonoma County, CA
10:30 NC Finding Festivals
Three Rivers Festival
EX America’s Heartland
Oysters/Milk/Beef
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC No Passport Required
Las Vegas
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
The Many Faces of
Los Cabos, Mexico DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Brazilian State of Ceará
18 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC In Good Shape:
The Health Show
EX ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
Older Adults L
6:30 NC Getting Dot Older
Living in Alaska
EX Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Salzburg & Surroundings
7:30 PBS Sci NC
Harvesting Science L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Christmas Baking
8:00 PBS The Earthshot
Report
A behind-the-scenes
look at winners of the
Earthshot Prize.
Enjoy holiday spectaculars like
the NC Chinese Lantern Festival
on NC Weekend, Thursday,
December 19, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
Photo: Liz Condo
16 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
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EX A Taste of History
History, Horses &
Hospitality Nashville, TN
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Expert Tips for Floral
Arrangements
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
Gustavo Moradel.
EX Milk Street
Television
The Sichuan Kitchen
11:30 PBS Homemade Live!
Off the Eaten Path
NC #MeToo, Now What?
The Culture of Complicity
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Christmas Traditions
Noon PBS A Taste of History
Danube River Adventure,
Part 1
NC NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
A Taste of Tunisia & Turkey
12:30 PBS Ireland with Michael
Shannonside
NC Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space
EX Good Road
Asheville, NC:
Downstream
1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 11
NC My Home, NC
NC Foodie Favs L
EX NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
1:30 NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
EX Weekends
with Yankee
New England Style
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Central Turkey
NC Jazzy Vegetarian
Pasta Impostors
EX Alan Carr’s
Adventures with
Agatha Christie
Poirot
2:30 PBS Wild Travels
The Queen Copper
Mine in Arizona.
NC Quilting Arts
Appliqué
3:00 PBS Curious Traveler
Curious Utrecht,
Netherlands
EX Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Jon Hamm and
Kristen Wiig.
21 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Autumn Bite L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Sit & Be Fit
Coordination Exercises
for Safe Driving
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Christmas Traditions
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Hip Strengthening
EX Reconnecting Roots
Journalism: Pressing
American Issues
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Hold Your Toes!
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Vienna & the Danube
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
EX Nature
Portugal: Wild Land
on the Edge DV
8:30 PBS Nature Cat:
A Nature Carol
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
9:00 NC State Lines L
EX Nova
Rebuilding Notre Dame DV
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Black Issues Forum L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Michael Fox. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Roll Up Your Sleeves
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
People Impacted by the
Justice System L
20 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC NC Bookwatch
Eric Wilson. L
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
A Taste of Tunisia & Turkey
6:30 NC Comic Culture
Val Mayerik. L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Christmas Baking
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Burgundy: Profound France
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
People Impacted by the
Justice System L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Delicate situations
cause uncertainty
before Christmas. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
9:00 PBS A Christmas with
Sir John Rutter at
Preston Hollow
NC State Lines L
9:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
10:00 PBS Crane Candlelight
Concert
Celebrating a Miracle
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Michael Fox. L
EX Velvet
The Big Day
10:30 NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
People Impacted by the
Justice System L
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
Gustavo Moradel.
11:30 NC #MeToo, Now What?
The Culture of Complicity
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 17
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Zero-Impact Cardio
EX Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 11
7:30 NC Wai Lana Yoga
Seven-Stage Spinal
Stretch
8:00 PBS Wild Kratts:
A Creature Christmas
NC Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
EX Alan Carr’s
Adventures with
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple
8:30 NC Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
9:00 PBS This Old House
Nashville|Shelter
from the Storm
EX Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
A Viking Tool Chest L
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Wallpaper Installation,
Sump Pump
NC For Your Home
Glad You Asked! DV
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Pandora’s Box DV
10:00 PBS Reconnecting Roots
Journalism: Pressing
American Issues
NC NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Black Witch Moth DV
11:00 PBS Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Simply Sweet
NC My Home, NC
Art All Around L
11:30 PBS Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Family Friendly Fare
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
A Pauper’s Grave DV
NC Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers
Handbell choir. L
EX American Masters
How It Feels to Be Free DV
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Debt of Lies, Part 2
NC Anthony Williams’
Urban Nutcracker
A modern spin on the
19th-century fairy tale.
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
A blackout causes havoc.
EX American Masters
Marian Anderson:
The Whole World
in Her Hands DV
10:30 NC Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
11:00 PBS Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
Dawn Landes L
NC Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
11:30 PBS Caverns Sessions
Elizabeth Cook L
NC All Is Calm: The
Christmas Truce of 1914
Soldiers lay down their
arms to celebrate the
holidays during WWI.
22 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Peg + Cat +
Holidays DV
NC Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
EX Finding Your Roots
On Broadway
6:30 NC Sit & Be Fit
Improve Reaction Time
for Safe Driving
7:00 PBS The Cat in the Hat
Knows a Lot About
Christmas! DV
NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
Out of the Past L
EX Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Harvest Table
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
A Viking Tool Chest L
EX Curious Traveler
Curious Szczecin, Poland
4:00 PBS This Old House
Nashville|Shelter
from the Storm L
NC American Woodshop
Furniture Restorations
EX Wild Travels
The Queen Copper
Mine in Arizona.
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Wallpaper Installation,
Sump Pump
NC America’s Heartland
A farmer is inspired
by childhood dishes.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Normandy: War-Torn
Yet Full of Life
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Autumn Bite L
NC Into the Outdoors
Into Bringing Back
Wisconsin’s Elk
EX Nature
Portugal: Wild Land
on the Edge DV
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Autumn Bite L
6:00 PBS Father Brown
The Scars of War
NC Josh Turner:
King-Size Manger
The country star per
forms holiday songs.
EX Nova
Rebuilding Notre Dame DV
7:00 PBS Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries
Blood & Money
NC The Sounds
of Christmas
Christmas music with
Summer Brooke & the
Mountain Faith Band.
EX Secrets of the Dead
The Sunken Basilica
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Debt of Lies, Part 1
There’s more than meets the
eye on Death in Paradise,
Saturday, December 21, 10 PM,
on PBS NC.
Photo: BBC
18 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
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NC Laura Flanders
& Friends
EX Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
6:30 NC State Lines L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Sailing the British
Virgin Islands
7:00 PBS State Lines Special L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
France’s Dordogne
7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Shadows & Sleuths DV
8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 12
NC Craft in America
Celebration
8:30 EX All Creatures
Great & Small
Right-Hand Man DV
9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
NC NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
9:30 NC My Home, NC
Art All Around L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
By the Book DV
10:00 PBS Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas
The British cook shares
tips for creating a
Christmas feast. DV
NC Voices over the Water
How the Scottish keep
their heritage alive.
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC State Lines Special L
EX Finding Your Roots
On Broadway
11:30 NC Reel South
Florida Woman DV, L
24 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
People Impacted by the
Justice System L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
6:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
Broodiness DV
5:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
At Home with My Pots
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Cook’s Country
Hawaiian Melting Pot
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
Carpe Diem DV
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Debt of Lies, Part 1
NC State Lines L
6:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Debt of Lies, Part 2
NC PBS News Weekend
EX The Earthshot Report
7:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Shadows & Sleuths DV
NC Finding Your Roots
On Broadway
EX Nova
Lost Tombs of
Notre Dame DV
9:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
Right-Hand Man DV
NC Black Church:
This Is Our Story,
This Is Our Song
Part 1
EX Secrets of the Dead
Eiffel’s Race to the Top
10:00 EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
By the Book DV
10:30 EX Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
11:00 NC Disco: Soundtrack
of a Revolution
Stayin’ Alive
EX Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 11
11:30 PBS Luna & Sophie
False Shame
23 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
New Orleans Kitchen
Vibrant Vietnamese
NC State Lines L
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Angel of Inferno DV
1:00 PBS Milk Street
Television
The Weekend Baker
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Michael Fox. L
1:30 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table
Symphony of Flavors
NC ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
People Impacted by the
Justice System L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Quarter to Midnight DV
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen
Christmas Baking
NC NC Bookwatch
Eric Wilson.
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
The Power of
Southern Cooking
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Autumn Bite L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Proposal DV
3:00 PBS Milk Street’s
My Family Recipe
My Mother’s Calzone
NC NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Michael Fox. L
NC Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Holmes vs. Doyle
Fact & Fiction DV
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC My Home, NC
Art All Around L
4:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 19
EX Too Hot to Handel:
The Gospel Messiah
9:00 NC Jewish Journey:
America
Jewish life and heritage.
10:00 PBS Jewish Journey:
America
NC Down Home:
Jewish Life in
North Carolina
A little-known slice
of NC history. L
EX Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers L
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Will It Live On?
Growing Up in a
Small Town Jewish
Community
EX A Christmas with
Sir John Rutter at
Preston Hollow
26 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Michael Fox. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Time to Evolve
6:30 NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Cowboy Life
7:00 PBS Weathered:
Earth’s Extremes
Are We at the
Tipping Point?
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Little Europe: San Marino,
Monaco, Vatican City,
Liechtenstein & Andorra
7:30 PBS Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Sonoma County, CA
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey, Honey
NC Sci NC
The Science of Trees L
EX American Masters
Brenda Lee:
Rockin’ Around DV
8:30 PBS Sci NC
The Science of Trees L
NC Exploring NC
Natural Symbols
of the State L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Nicaragua: Culturally Rich
& Naturally Beautiful DV
NC Christmastime
in New Orleans
11:30 NC Debbie Gibson
Holiday: A Soundcheck
Special
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Ecuador: Native Peoples
Meet the Oilmen
25 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC The Sounds
of Christmas
EX ncIMPACT
Mental Health Town Hall:
People Impacted by the
Justice System L
6:30 EX Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS News Hour
EX Joy: Christmas with
the Tabernacle Choir
7:30 PBS Sci NC
From Earth’s Orbit
to Outer Space L
8:00 PBS Call the Midwife
Holiday Special 2024
NC My Home, NC
Art All Around L
8:30 NC Best of Our State
Grandfather Mountain,
Atlantic Beach Pie &
Flag Man L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Life in Poplar is
returning to normal
after a train crash. DV
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary Chapman. L
NC PBS News Hour
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
The Holiday Season L
8:00 PBS Too Hot to Handel:
The Gospel Messiah
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Sheri’s Home Recipes
for the Holidays L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special DV
8:30 NC A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special L
9:30 PBS Joy: Christmas with
the Tabernacle Choir
NC Christmas in
New England
Lindsay Paris explores
holiday traditions.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Poland Rediscovered:
Krakow, Auschwitz &
Warsaw
10:00 NC Real Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Sailing the British
Virgin Islands
10:30 EX America’s Heartland
Cranberries/Mushrooms
NC Eddy’s World
Inventor Eddy Goldfarb.
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
Watch Will It Live On? Growing
Up in a Small Town Jewish
Community, Wednesday,
December 25, 11 PM, on the
North Carolina Channel.
On the Call the Midwife Holiday
Special 2024, a funfair brings
color to Poplar, Wednesday,
December 25, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
Photo: BBC
20 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Sit & Be Fit
Strength Coordination
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Culinary School
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Classical Stretch:
By Essentrics
Stretch Your Spine
EX Reconnecting Roots
Games: Rolls to Roles
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Wai Lana Yoga
Lean on It!, Part 2
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Czech Republic Off
the Beaten Path
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC NC Weekend
Cheers!
EX The Earthshot Report
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey, Honey L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC State Lines L
EX Nova
Lost Tombs of
Notre Dame DV
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Black Issues Forum L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Cheers! L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary Chapman. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Time to Evolve
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey, Honey L
NC ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health
& Suicide Prevention L
EX A Taste of History
Coastal Texas Treasure
Port Aransas, Texas
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
A Behind-the-Scenes Look
at Landscape Design
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
She Returns from War.
EX Milk Street
Television
Basque Cheesecake
11:30 PBS Homemade Live!
Cookbook Club
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey, Honey L
9:00 PBS Craft in America
SEASON PREMIERE!
Science
NC State Lines L
EX Call the Midwife
Trixie and Sister Frances
put their training into
action. DV
9:30 NC Black Issues Forum L
10:00 PBS Cultural Expressions:
Kwanzaa
Explore the way of
life that is Kwanzaa.
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Gary Chapman. L
EX Velvet
The Remains of the
Shipwreck
10:30 NC ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Ear to the
Common Ground
She Returns from War.
11:30 NC #MeToo, Now What?
Is Patriarchy on
Its Way Out?
EX Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Jennifer Aniston and
Quinta Brunson.
28 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Jig Master L
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Cheers! L
NC Expedition with
Steve Backshall
Greenland:
Frozen Frontier
EX Charley Pride:
I’m Just Me
9:30 PBS Sonark Sessions:
Live from the Barn
Viniloversus L
10:00 PBS Through the Banks
of the Red Cedar
The first fully integrated
college football team.
NC Life: First Steps
Brothers & Sisters
EX Irma: My Life in Music
The life of “Soul Queen
of New Orleans,”
Irma Thomas.
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Co.
NC Nova
Rise of the Rockets
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Mexico City: 600 Years
of Urban Glory
27 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS News Hour
NC NC Bookwatch
Wayne Caldwell. L
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Shrimp: Santorini
to Vancouver
6:30 NC Comic Culture
Danna Haephrati. L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS News Hour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Great Swiss Cities:
Luzern, Bern, Zurich
& Lausanne
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Mental Health of
Our Future: Youth
& Young Adults L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey, Honey L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
with The Atlantic
NC NC Weekend
Cheers! L
EX Call the Midwife
Nonnatus House
prepares for Easter. DV
Craft in America investigates
the intersection of art and
science, Friday, December 27,
9 PM, on PBS NC.