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12/2017

Songs at the Center • Happy RootleDays • My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

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1:00 Bob the Builder DV

Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (12/2-3, until 4 PM) DV

Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Holiday Special (until 4 PM) DV

1:30 WordWorld DV

2:00 Super WHY! DV

2:30 Sesame Street DV

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (11/22) DV

3:30 Dinosaur Train DV

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

Party—Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (12/2-3, until 10 AM) DV

Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Holiday Special (until 10 AM) DV

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

Knows a Lot About That 10:00 Super WHY! 10:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog 11:00 Thomas & Friends DV

Noon Caillou12:30 Sid the Science Kid

4:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

5:30 Splash & Bubbles 6 PM Nature Cat 6:30 Ready Jet Go! DV

7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad DV

9:00 Arthur DV

10:00 Super WHY! DV

10:30 Sesame Street DV

11:30 Dinosaur Train DV

12 M Dinosaur Train DV

12:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

1:30 Splash & Bubbles 2:00 Nature Cat 2:30 Ready Jet Go! DV

3:00 Wild Kratts 4:00 Odd Squad DV

5:00 Arthur DV

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1 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of

current events. NC BBC World News

America Katty Kay shares unique

global perspectives. EX Taste of History Washington’s Character,

Charisma & Ambition 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report Seasoned reporters review

financial news. EX Pati’s Mexican Table More than Just a Meal 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose This native Tar Heel

interviews fascinating personalities.

EX Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding, Part 1 7:30 TV North Carolina

Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows

what’s up this weekend. 8:00 TV Washington Week Leading journalists analyze

major news and events. NC North Carolina

Weekend EX A Place to Call Home Truth Will Out 8:30 TV Front Row with

Marc Rotterman The political analyst and his

guests discuss public affairs and policy issues.

NC Muse: The Arts Show NC State Cypher:

Rap & Spoken Word 9:00 TV Bob Hope:

American Masters Premiere! With his personal

archives and star interviews, you’ll be giving thanks for the memories of the enter-tainer’s life.

NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman

EX Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Blood & Money 9:30 NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze

major news and events. 10:00 NC Charlie Rose—

The Week Get a retrospective of the

acclaimed interviewer’s nightly program.

EX Father Brown The Standing Stones

10:30 NC Carolina Business Review

Chris William and his guests discuss business news in the Carolinas.

10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts

B&B on Tiffany Hill 11:00 TV British Antiques

Roadshow Polesden Lacey, Part 2 NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding, Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News Get comprehensive cover-

age of international news and current events.

2 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’

Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conver-sations with Jim Martin

Part 1 of 3 EX Carolina

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

Neighborhood DV

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics

September Doves 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics

Light Tackle Speckle Trout EX Exploring

North Carolina NC’s 2 Coasts, Part 1 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal

Spring Top Water Bass

EX Exploring North Carolina

NC’s 2 Coasts, Part 2 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV

NC Exploring North Carolina

Knowing Your Estate EX North Carolina

Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles NC Exploring

North Carolina In Perfect Harmony:

Woodpeckers & Parachuters at Fort Bragg

EX From the Vineyard Gregory/Yadkin Valley

Bus Tour 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina

Weekend EX Crossing South Skyline, Sweets,

Fair & Fancy 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State More Waterway Tales/

Face Time/Makeshift Music EX Peregrine Dame Belize 10:00 TV Forever Painless with

Miranda Esmonde-White Explore this eye-opening,

groundbreaking look at chronic pain and its causes.

NC From the Vineyard Gregory/Yadkin Valley

Bus Tour EX New Scandinavian

Cooking Northern Norway/

Italy: Dry but Tasty 10:30 NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Cowboy Hat Maker EX Moveable Feast

with Fine Cooking Puerto Rico 11:00 NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Dovetailed Grease Pot DV

EX Taste of History Coffee Past, Present &

Future 11:30 TV National Park Sym-

phony—The Mighty Five Celebrate the majesty of

Utah’s five national parks set to glorious music from the Utah Symphony.

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill

Lumberjack Fan Carving DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table More than Just a Meal

UNC-TV through December 6

Join Muppets and more for Bob Hope: American Masters, Friday, December 1, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

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Noon NC Growing a Greener World

A Year in the Life of the Garden Farm, Part 1

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Bangkok, Thailand 12:30 TV Celtic Thunder

Christmas Revel in outstanding live

performances of Winter Wonderland and more holiday favorites.

NC Almanac Gardener Growing Colorful Cut Flow-

ers/Identifying & Control-ling Weeds in Your Lawn

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Lake Superior: Circling the Sweet Water Ocean

1:00 NC Refuge Pocosin Lakes EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope The Cook Islands:

Cultural Paradise DV

1:30 EX Curious Traveler Stockholm 2:00 TV Beatles: Eight Days a

Week—The Touring Years Explore the history of the

Fab Four from their early days in Liverpool to their last concert in 1966.

NC First in Future Wayne Holden EX Globe Trekker North East England 2:30 NC Innovate NC Greensboro 3:00 NC David Rubenstein

Show: Peer to Peer Conversations

Indra Nooyi EX Great American

Railroad Journeys New York City to Albany 3:30 NC Comic Culture Monica Gallagher

(Bonnie N. Collide, 9-to-5)

4:00 TV Magic Moments— The Best of ’50s Pop

The McGuire Sisters, The Lennon Sisters, The Chor-dettes, The Four Aces and more take the stage.


EX History Detectives Lauste Film Clip/Baker’s

Gold/Transatlantic Cable 4:30 NC Charlie Rose—

The Week Get a retrospective of the

acclaimed interviewer’s nightly program.

5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

Gain insights about the week’s issues.

EX Antiques Roadshow Kansas City, Part 2 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Christmas with

Daniel O’Donnell The popular tenor and

special guests perform yuletide carols and seasonal favorites in Dublin.

NC Woodsongs Judy Collins & Ari Hest EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Schenectady to

Niagara Falls

7:00 TV Young Hyacinth Premiere! This delightful

Keeping Up Appearances prequel reveals the early days for the social climber and her family.

NC Bands of the Sand Band of Oz EX Music Voyager Atlanta’s Stage 7:30 NC Bands of the Sand Embers Featuring

Craig Woolard EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Scotland: Vikings,

Puffins & Ponies 8:00 TV Postmodern Juke-

box: The New Classics Premiere! Swing with this

inventive musical collective as they transform pop hits into unexpected gems.

NC Song of the Mountains Molly Jeanne/Michael Reno

Harrell/Mike Stevens EX Globe Trekker Western Spain 9:00 NC Songs at the Center Tracy Walker/J. Scott

Franklin/Mary Bragg/American Gypsy

EX 10 Buildings that Changed America

Geoffrey Baer travels across America to explore ground-breaking works of art and engineering.

9:30 TV Great Performances: Hitman Returns— David Foster & Friends

Join the prolific producer with favorites from such legends as Natalie Cole, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, Seal and more.

NC Echo Sessions Jonathan Scales

Fourchestra 10:00 NC Live from the

Artists Den John Legend EX John Portman:

A Life of Building Study the work and legacy

of one of Earth’s most dar-ing and pivotal architects.

11:00 NC Austin City Limits Natalia Lafourcade/

Grupo Fantasma EX Globe Trekker North East England 11:30 TV Rick Steves’ Europe:

Remote, Sacred, Wild Celebrate the wonder of

the great outdoors and religious sites in Europe and beyond.

Kerry Howard stars as Young Hyacinth, Saturday, December 2, at 7 PM, on UNC-TV.

Powerful Tracy Walker performs on Songs at the Center, Saturday, December 2, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

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3 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Take a global journey

through cosmos, conscious-ness and meaning.

EX History Detectives Lauste Film Clip/Baker’s

Gold/Transatlantic Cable 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters Learn about key issues af-

fecting education in NC. 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV

NC Truth About Money with Ric Edelman

The financial advisor shares his investment insights.

EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:

The Story of Beer 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

Get advice for managing investments.

8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina

Business Review EX Chris Tarrant:

Extreme Railways War, Ore & Santa Claus in Scandinavia

8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Charlie Rose—

The Week 9:00 TV This Old House Construction Gets a

Jumpstart NC Washington Week EX Africa’s Great

Civilizations Cities DV

9:30 TV Ask This Old House Patch Lawn, Swap Toilet,

Off-Grid NC Front Row with

Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV The Real Mayberry Explore how small-town

America can survive and keep its heart and soul in this inspiring comparison between real life in Mount Airy and clips of The Andy Griffith Show’s Mayberry.

NC North Carolina Bookwatch

Tim Tyson— The Blood of Emmett Till

EX Great American Railroad Journeys

Schenectady to Niagara Falls

10:30 NC Well Read Laurie Frankel—

This Is How It Always Is 11:00 NC Articulate with

Jim Cotter Tap Into America

EX Doctor Blake Mysteries

The Price of Love 4:00 NC First in Future Kel Landis EX Father Brown The Curse of Amenhotep 4:30 NC Charlie Rose—

The Week 5:00 TV Gregory Porter—

Live in Berlin Premiere! The Grammy

winning jazz/soul singer performs a sold-out show in front of a rapturous audience at the stunning Berlin Philharmonie.

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Midsomer Murders Death in Chorus, Part 1 5:30 NC BBC Newsnight Get comprehensive cover-

age of international news and current events.

6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from

the Archives (unctv.org/bif) EX Story of India Beginnings DV

6:30 TV Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas

Vocalists Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha perform time-less holiday favorites.

NC Black America Women & Depression with

Benilde Little 7:00 NC Circle Unbroken—

A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

Anita Singleton-Prather celebrates the Gullah people in words and music.

EX Story of India The Power of Ideas DV

8:00 EX This Wild Life Monkeys in the Kitchen TV Beatles: Eight Days a

Week—The Touring Years Explore the history of the

Fab Four from their early days in Liverpool to their last concert in 1966.

EX Stephen Fry in Central America

Costa Rica to Panama 11:30 NC Charlie Rose—

The Week Noon TV Easy Yoga: The

Secret to Strength & Bal-ance with Peggy Cappy

See how yoga can help increase strength and mobility at any age.


Spring Mountain Trout EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Taiwan: Iron Pathways to

Adventure, Part 2 DV

12:30 NC New Fly Fisher Lopstick Trout EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Namibia: Painted People

of the Desert 1:00 TV Rock, Rhythm &

Doo Wop Frankie Valli hosts perfor-

mances by Little Richard, The Five Satins & more musical legends.

NC Song of the Mountains Troublesome Hollow Fea-

turing Jim Buchanan/Edgar Loudermilk with Jeff Autry

EX Doc Martin Always on My Mind 2:00 NC Songs at the Center Tracy Walker/J. Scott



Blood & Money 2:30 NC Echo Sessions Jonathan Scales

Fourchestra 3:00 TV Rhythm & Blues 40:

A Soul Spectacular Join legends of the 1960s

and ‘70s for this classic concert special.

NC Austin City Limits Natalia Lafourcade/

Grupo Fantasma

Discover Mount Airy—The Real Mayberry, Sunday, December 3, at 10 AM, on UNC-TV.

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NC Beyond the Fields: Slavery at Middleton Place

Examine slavery and its 21st century impact at Middle-ton Place in Charleston, SC.

8:30 EX Wonder of Animals Dolphins 9:00 NC Mr. Civil Rights:

Thurgood Marshall & the NAACP

Follow Marshall’s life leading up to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

EX Blue Planet Tidal Seas 10:00 TV Young Hyacinth This delightful Keeping

Up Appearances prequel reveals the early days for the social climber and her family.

NC The Civil War: The Untold Story

With Malice Toward None EX Earth a New Wild Water 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Hunt Library/

Lockwood Folly River/ One Moment, One Meeting

EX Globe Trekker Top 10 South American

Adventures 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Topsail Skating Rink/

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

4 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Stephen Fry in

Central America Costa Rica to Panama 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Assisi: Italy’s

Grand Hill Towns 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Liver Lover Vivian visits a

restaurant renowned for fried liver and learns that not all liver is created equal.

EX Family Travel with Colleen Kelly

The Best of Season 4: A Year of Traveling

8:00 TV Reflections on: The Vietnam War

Premiere! Take a deeper look into Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s landmark film about one of the most complex eras in U.S. history.


Maine to Florida in 1 Day EX Midsomer Murders Dance with the Dead,

Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring

North Carolina Knowing Your Estate

(Your State Parks, That Is) 9:00 NC Changing Seas Coral Hybrids EX Midsomer Murders Dance with the Dead,

Part 2 9:30 TV Ken Burns:

America’s Storyteller American Sampler Explore

the filmmaker’s many docu-mentaries and short series.

NC SciTech Now North Carolina

Cricket Farming 10:00 EX DCI Banks What Will Survive NC NOVA Memory Hackers 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Rick Steves’ Europe Assisi & Italian Country Charm

5 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Taste of Louisiana with

Chef John Folse & Co. Don Duplechan 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Mexico—One Plate at

a Time with Rick Bayless Building a World-Class

Cuisine Starts with a Sound 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose

EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Neese’s Sausage EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa France’s Burgundy &

Loire Regions 8:00 TV Great Performances:

Hitman Returns— David Foster & Friends

Join the prolific producer with favorites from such legends as Natalie Cole, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, Seal and more.


Elizabeth Cox— A Question of Mercy

EX Africa’s Great Civilizations

The Atlantic Age DV

8:30 NC First in Future Frank Emory 9:00 NC Muse: The Arts Show Jim McDowell:

The Black Potter EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Philadelphia to Gettysburg 9:30 NC Comic Culture J.M. DeMatteis 10:00 TV David Gilmour:

Live in Pompeii Premiere! Pink Floyd’s singer/

guitarist gives a spectacular performance in a legendary Roman amphitheatre.

NC Echo Sessions Empire Strikes Brass EX Ancient Roads from

Christ to Constantine Birth of a Faith 10:30 NC NC Beat Shirlette Ammons with

Tommy Rau 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Victoria, Australia DV

11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Nicaragua: Land of the

Shaking Earth Emerges

6 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Nature Invasion of the Killer Whales

DV

6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Castile:

Toledo & Salamanca

Chill with the mesmerizing David Gilmour: Live in Pompeii, premiering Tuesday, December 5, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.

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7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina

Cricket Farming EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese

Tanzania: The Last Stone Age Tribe

8:00 TV Best of Winterfest See what viewers like you

like best! NC Independent Lens Chasing Trane: The John

Coltrane Documentary See what shaped this jazz great and native North Carolinian.

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Chachi’s Champoton Kitchen 8:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television Not Your Mother’s Cake 9:00 EX My Greek Table

with Diane Kochilas SerieS Premiere! The World’s

Most Famous Olive 9:30 NC POV Raising Bertie Follow three

African-American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural NC.

EX Cooking Odyssey Athens 10:00 EX The Great British

Baking Show Christmas Masterclass 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Chris Tarrant:

Extreme Railways War, Ore & Santa Claus

in Scandinavia 11:30 TV BBC World News

7 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Nick Stellino:

Storyteller in the Kitchen The Great Outdoorsman 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Jacques Pépin:

Heart & Soul Kitchen Companions 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Normandy: War-Torn

Yet Full of Life 7:30 TV Our State Waterway Tales/

Love Valley/Doll Lady EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Berlin 8:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show Jim McDowell:

The Black Potter

NC American War Stories: Vietnam

Drawdown Explore the eventual decision by the United States to turn the war over to South Vietnam.

EX Music Voyager Peru: Lima Original 8:30 TV Exploring

North Carolina Highway to the Future EX Bare Feet with

Mickela Mallozzi Hogmanay in Scotland DV

9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC The Vietnam War The Weight of Memory DV

EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese

Chile: Flowering of the Llamas

9:30 TV A Chef’s Life King Cornbread Vivian vis-

its a Kinston institution that uses cornbread to make “pig and a puppy.”

EX Travels with Darley Hong Kong Urban

Adventures 10:00 TV A Chef’s Life

Holiday Special Vivian Howard hosts her

own vision of the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and much more.

EX Crossing South Skyline, Sweets, Fair & Fancy 10:30 EX Peregrine Dame Belize 11:00 TV Keeping Up

Appearances The Candlelight Supper NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Tasmania, Australia 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Pernambuco:

Brazil’s Other Carnival

8 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Taste of History George Washington’s

Whiskey 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Born in the Kitchen 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding, Part 2 7:30 TV North Carolina

Weekend 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina

Weekend EX A Place to Call Home The Mona Lisa Smile 8:30 TV Front Row with

Marc Rotterman NC Muse: The Arts Show Jim McDowell:

The Black Potter 9:00 TV North Carolina

Master Chorale: Joy of the Season

Ring in the season with festive favorites performed with its 170-voice choir and The Carolina Brass.



Death & Hysteria 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV The Great British

Baking Show Christmas Masterclass NC Charlie Rose—

The Week EX Father Brown The Paradise of Thieves 10:30 NC Carolina

Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina

Weekend—Shorts Washington Seafood Shack

Meet The World’s Most Famous Olive on the premiere of My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas, Wednesday, December 6, at 9 PM, on The Explorer Channel.

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2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall NC First in Future Frank Emory EX Globe Trekker Western Spain 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope NW Ontario: Lake Superior

& Beyond DV

NC Innovate NC Pembroke 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Tool Chest Makers NC David Rubenstein


Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Schenectady to Niagara Falls 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Project Wrap-Up NC Comic Culture J.M. DeMatteis 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Lumberjack Fan Carving DV


EX History Detectives Andrew Jackson’s Mouth/

Barton Letter/Spybook 4:30 TV This Old House All Decked Out NC Charlie Rose—

The Week 5:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal Live Baiting Spanish NC PBS NewsHour

Weekend Gain insights about the

week’s issues. EX Antiques Roadshow Kansas City, Part 3 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Winter (1967) NC Woodsongs EmiSunshine &

Blue Highway EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Philadelphia to Gettysburg 7:00 TV As Time Goes By At Death’s Door NC Bands of the Sand Blackwater Rhythm &

Blues Band EX Music Voyager Atlanta Canvas 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Showered with Gifts NC Bands of the Sand North Tower EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Indonesia: Orangutans—

People of the Forest

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

An Artist’s Reflections EX Peregrine Dame Durban, South Africa 10:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC From the Vineyard Hinnant/Lu Mil EX New Scandinavian

Cooking West Coast of Norway: All

Is Well—If There Is Herring 10:30 TV Growing New Roots:

Exporting North Caro-lina’s Southern Spuds

Frank Graff shows how NC is building a huge sweet potato market in Europe.

NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spur Maker EX My Greek Table

with Diane Kochilas The World’s Most

Famous Olive 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World In Susan’s Garden: A Back-

yard Habitat in Harmony NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Lumberjack Fan Carving DV

EX Taste of History Queen of the Caribbean 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home No Passport Necessary DV


Animated Wooden Toys DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Born in the Kitchen Noon TV Almanac Gardener Mulches: Straw v. Black

Plastic/Growing Heirloom NC Growing a

Greener World A Year in the Life of the

Garden Farm, Part 2 EX Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Golden Triangle 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Modern Farm Family

Challenges NC Almanac Gardener Special Summer Plants at

the JC Raulston Arboretum/Growing Mustard Greens


Nicaragua: Land of the Shaking Earth Emerges

1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Anaheim, Part 1 NC Refuge Pea Island EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Peru: Amazon & Beyond DV

1:30 EX Curious Traveler French Villages

11:00 TV British Antiques Roadshow

Gregynog NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News


Neighborhood DV



Outdoor Journal Live Baiting Spanish 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


Light Tackle Speckle Trout 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Float Trip Smallmouths EX Exploring

North Carolina Long Parks 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV


Spring Mountain Trout EX Exploring

North Carolina Canals of North Carolina 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


In Perfect Harmony: Leathernecks & Leather-backs at Camp Lejeune

EX North Carolina Weekend

8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles NC Exploring

North Carolina History & Future of Water

in North Carolina EX From the Vineyard Hinnant/Lu Mil 9:00 TV Curious George DV

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Crossing South Crooner, Tigers,

Drinks & Food

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8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Creeper, Part 1 While

Barnaby investigates a skilled cat burglar, a body is found at a break-in scene.

NC Song of the Mountains Troublesome Hollow Fea-

turing Jim Buchanan/Edgar Loudermilk with Jeff Autry

EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt

Highway, Part 1: USA 8:50 TV My Home, NC Shorts Ronnie Hughes: Glass Artist 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Creeper, Part 2 NC Songs at the Center American Gypsy/Grace

Adele & Keenan Wade/Isken/David LaMotte

EX Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

Explore geological forces that created the parks’ amazing landscapes.

9:30 NC Echo Sessions Doc Aquatic 10:00 TV Death in Paradise The Complex Murder NC Live from the

Artists Den OneRepublic EX Blue Ridge Parkway:

A Long & Winding Road Travel along the 469-mile

Parkway, the most visited segment of the National Park Service.

11:00 TV Endeavour Season 3 on Masterpiece

Ride A suspended Morse begins his own covert in-vestigation when a woman is found murdered at a fair. DV

NC Austin City Limits Margo Price/Hayes Carll EX Globe Trekker Western Spain

10 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth EX History Detectives Andrew Jackson’s Mouth/

Barton Letter/Spybook 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters Learn about key issues af-

fecting education in NC. 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV


EX Globe Trekker Myanmar 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV



Business Review

EX Finding Your Roots The Impression with Larry

David & Bernie Sanders 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Charlie Rose—

The Week 9:00 TV This Old House All Decked Out NC Washington Week EX Africa’s Great

Civilizations The Atlantic Age DV

9:30 TV Ask This Old House Radiator Swap/

Brick Repointing NC Front Row with

Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show Jim McDowell:

The Black Potter NC North Carolina

Bookwatch Elizabeth Cox—

A Question of Mercy EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Philadelphia to Gettysburg 10:30 TV SciTech Now

North Carolina Cricket Farming NC Well Read Ann Cleeves—

Cold Earth & the Crow Trap 11:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal Live Baiting Spanish NC Articulate with

Jim Cotter The Nature of Art EX Billy Connolly’s

Tracks Across America Billy makes interesting

stops while traveling from Chicago to Seattle on the mighty Empire Builder.

11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from

the Archives (unctv.org/bif) NC Charlie Rose—

The Week Noon TV North Carolina

Bookwatch Elizabeth Cox—

A Question of Mercy


Live Baiting Spanish EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Uncovering South Korea DV

12:30 TV Flavor, NC Spiny Dogfish NC New Fly Fisher Misty Mountain Flyshop EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Scotland: Land of Loch Ness 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Unboring Salads NC Song of the Mountains David Holt & Josh Goforth EX Doc Martin The Family Way 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s

Cooking School Sweets 2:00 TV America’s Test

Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

Baked Alaska Showstopper NC Songs at the Center American Gypsy/Grace

Adele & Keenan Wade/Isken/David LaMotte


Death & Hysteria 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Pork & Pierogi NC Echo Sessions Doc Aquatic 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight

Meals Holiday Sides NC Austin City Limits Margo Price/Hayes Carll EX Doctor Blake

Mysteries A Difficult Lie 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Dinner Party 4:00 TV Mexico—One Plate at

a Time with Rick Bayless Off the Beaten Path in

Playa del Carmen NC First in Future Jud Bowman

Barnaby investigates The Creeper on Midsomer Murders, premiering in back-to-back episodes, Saturday, December 9, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.


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EX Father Brown The Invisible Man 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table More than Just a Meal NC Charlie Rose—

The Week 5:00 TV Charlie Rose—

The Week NC PBS NewsHour

Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Death in Chorus, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Going Bodmin NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from

the Archives (unctv.org/bif) EX Story of India Spice Routes & Silk Roads

DV

6:30 NC Black America Alzheimer’s with Dan Gasby

& B. Smith 7:00 TV A Place to Call Home Boom! On word that her

mother is gravely ill, Sarah returns to Sydney.

NC Looking Over Jordan: African Americans & the War

Witness the Southern black experience before, during and after the Civil War.

EX Story of India Ages of Gold DV

7:30 NC Piedmont Blues Explore North Carolina’s

distinct style of blues with the pioneering artists.

8:00 TV Changing Face of... the Queen

Follow the royal’s story through the Queen’s evolv-ing image and wardrobe.

NC B.B. King: American Masters

Candid interviews reveal the daunting life and career of the King of the Blues.

EX Nature The Sagebrush Sea DV

9:00 TV Victoria on Masterpiece

Doll 123 The new queen struggles to lead amid plots to manipulate her.

NC Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

Samuel L. Jackson hosts this all-star tribute.

EX Blue Planet Coasts 10:00 EX Wild Venice Magnificent atmospheric

photography highlights unexpected natural glories.

10:30 NC The Education of Harvey Gantt

Phylicia Rashad narrates the story of the man who inte-grated Clemson University.

11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Mineral City/

Becoming Clyde EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains:

Cuba’s Sugar Railroads 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Cheerwine 100th, Salisbury/

Piano Man, Boone/ Summerville, Wilkesboro/Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen, Chapel Hill/NC Ninja, Winston-Salem/ Historic Beach Cottages, Nags Head


America EX Brazil with

Michael Palin Out of Africa 6:30 NC Nightly Business


Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belfast & the Best of

Northern Ireland 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life King Cornbread Vivian vis-

its a Kinston institution that uses cornbread to make “pig and a puppy.”

EX Crossing South Tijuana: Tacos, Horses,

Beer & Soccer 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Anaheim, Part 3 NC Exploring


Woodpeckers & Parachuters at Fort Bragg

EX Midsomer Murders The Animal Within, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring


Leathernecks & Leather-backs at Camp Lejeune

9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Richmond, Part 1 NC Changing Seas Sunken Stories EX Midsomer Murders The Animal Within, Part 2 9:30 NC SciTech Now

North Carolina Sensor Bugs 10:00 EX DCI Banks Buried

TV Independent Lens Newtown Explore the five-

year aftermath of the mass shooting. DV

NC NOVA Rise of the Robots The

world’s most advanced bots face real-world trials.

11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Tuscany’s

Wine Country



Chef John Folse & Co. Maryann & Buster Fresina 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Mexico—One Plate at

a Time with Rick Bayless It All Begins with Beans 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel &

Monet to Crème Brûlée 7:30 TV Flavor, NC NC Apples EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Salzburg & the Lakes District 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Southern Roots with Quest-

love, Dr. Phil & Charlayne Hunter-Gault


John Claude Bemis— Out of Abaton: The Wooden Prince

EX Africa’s Great Civilizations

Commerce & the Clash of Civilizations DV

8:30 NC First in Future Dan Gerlach 9:00 TV Finding Your Roots The Vanguard with Janet

Mock, Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ava DuVernay

NC Muse: The Arts Show Lara Downes: Concert Pianist EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Wilmington to Fort McHenry 9:30 NC Comic Culture Joe Rubinstein 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Putin’s Revenge, Part 1

Get the inside story. NC Echo Sessions Hoveykraft EX Ancient Roads from

Christ to Constantine The Great Missionary

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10:30 NC NC Beat Almost People/Pink Drinks 11:00 TV Waiting for God The Estate Agent NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope New Brunswick’s Acadian

Festival DV


with David Yetman Cuetzalan: The Celebration

of San Francisco


America EX Nature The Sagebrush Sea DV



NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges & Brussels 7:30 TV SciTech Now

North Carolina Sensor Bugs EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Chile: Kissed by the Sea 8:00 TV Nature Soul of the Elephant See

lives, great migrations and interesting encounters. DV

NC REEL SOUTH Overburden EX Pati’s Mexican Table Merida: Exploring with

the Locals 8:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television Milk Street Menu 9:00 NC Independent Lens The Great Invisible Probe

the disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill. DV

TV NOVA Secret Tunnel Warfare

Learn of a WWII plan to blow up German targets.

EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Flavors of Longevity—Ikaria 9:30 EX Cooking Odyssey Marathonas 10:00 TV Supernature—

Wild Flyers Defying Gravity See how

animals become airborne. EX The Great British

Baking Show Christmas Masterclass 10:30 NC REEL SOUTH Can’t Stop the Water 11:00 TV Are You Being Served? Mrs. Slocombe,

Senior Person NC PBS NewsHour


Manhattan: Grand Central to World Trade Center

11:30 TV BBC World News



Storyteller in the Kitchen The Heart of the Artichoke 6:30 NC Nightly Business


Heart & Soul Ocean Harvest 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Provence: Legendary Light,

Wind & Wine 7:30 TV Our State Linville Caverns/

Castle McCulloch/ Sandy Feat

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa

Vienna & the Danube 8:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show Lara Downes: Concert Pianist NC VA & the Human

Cost of War Learn the history, successes

and failures of the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs.

EX Music Voyager Peru: Paracas 8:30 TV Exploring

North Carolina Where Rivers Are Born EX Bare Feet with

Mickela Mallozzi Montreal Then & Now DV


NC Vietnam: Learning, Healing, Counseling

Local experts provide help and direction.


South Africa: Saving the Mighty Rhino

9:30 TV European Christmas Markets

Visit charming markets in festively-decorated cities and towns.

EX Travels with Darley Wyoming National Forests 10:00 TV Rick Steves Special:

European Christmas Experience holiday prac-

tices in England, France, Switzerland and more.

NC North Carolina Stories of Service

Porter Halyburton EX Crossing South Crooner, Tigers,

Drinks & Food 10:30 NC North Carolina

Stories of Service Ted Triebel EX Peregrine Dame Durban, South Africa 11:00 TV Keeping Up

Appearances Hyacinth Tees Off NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Germany’s Winter Carnival

DV


with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness

of the Volcanoes


America EX Taste of History Peace & Autonomy 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Texican 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 1 7:30 TV North Carolina


Weekend EX A Place to Call Home Day of Atonement 8:30 TV Front Row with

Marc Rotterman NC Muse: The Arts Show Lara Downes: Concert Pianist 9:00 TV Christmas with the

Mormon Tabernacle Enjoy seasonal favorites

from the renowned choir and tenor Rolando Villazon.

Salute Homegrown Heroes on Lidia Celebrates America, Friday, December 15, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.

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Death at the Grand 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Lidia Celebrates

America Homegrown Heroes

Celebrate veterans who now cultivate the land

NC Charlie Rose— The Week

EX Father Brown The Deadly Seal 10:30 NC Carolina


Weekend—Shorts Statesville 11:00 TV British Antiques

Roadshow Southsea, Part 2:

Royal Marines Museum NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News


Neighborhood DV



Outdoor Journal Pee Dee Catfish 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


Float Trip Smallmouths 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


High Mountain Grouse EX Exploring

North Carolina Report from the Birds 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV


Live Baiting Spanish EX Exploring

North Carolina On the Border 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


Salamanders as Canaries EX North Carolina

Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV


Native Intelligence EX North Carolina Week-

end’s Collecting Carolina Joy of Collecting

9:00 TV Curious George DV


EX Crossing South San Felipe & Tecate 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Chinquapenn/Homeland

Creamery/Land of Ahs EX Peregrine Dame Return to Thula Thula 10:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC North Carolina Week-

end’s Collecting Carolina Joy of Collecting EX New Scandinavian

Cooking The Coast of Mid-Norway:

Shellfish Eldorado 10:30 TV Exploring

North Carolina Haw Revival NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spoon Maker EX My Greek Table

with Diane Kochilas Flavors of Longevity—Ikaria 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World The Private Garden of a

Public Gardener NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Forging the Hold Fast DV

EX Taste of History Washington’s Character,

Charisma & Ambition 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home Super Foods;

Super Recipes DV


Hammer Veneer DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Texican Noon TV Almanac Gardener Growing Colorful Cut Flow-

ers/Identifying & Control-ling Weeds in Your Lawn

NC Growing a Greener World

Epic Tomatoes in Raleigh EX Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Andaman Islands 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Goats at a Cattle Ranch NC Almanac Gardener Water Saving Techniques

for Your Landscape/Fall Vegetable Gardening


Pernambuco: Brazil’s Other Carnival

1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Anaheim, Part 2 NC Refuge Roanoke River

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Armenia: Ancient History & Modern Traditions, DV

1:30 EX Curious Traveler New York City 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England NC First in Future Dan Gerlach EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: The Transcon-

tinental Railroad, USA 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Thousand Islands:

A Canadian Bi-National Adventure DV

NC Innovate NC Wilmington

3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Sword Smith NC David Rubenstein


Jamie Dimon EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Philadelphia to Gettysburg 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Classic Tips & Tricks NC Comic Culture Joe Rubinstein 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Forging the Hold Fast DV


EX History Detectives Cromwell Dixon/Bartlett

Sketchbook/Duke Ellington 4:30 TV This Old House This Old House U. NC Charlie Rose—


Outdoor Journal Pee Dee Catfish NC PBS NewsHour

Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Anaheim, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to Nat King Cole

(1973) NC Woodsongs Roger McGuinn/

John Lomax III EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Wilmington to

Fort McHenry 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Stalker NC Bands of the Sand Steve Owens &

Summertime EX Music Voyager Peru: Lima Original

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7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Psychotherapist NC Bands of the Sand Jim Quick & Coastline EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Canada: The Mighty

Polar Bear Migration 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Great & the Good,

Part 1 A teacher’s ties to murder may close a school.

NC Song of the Mountains David Holt & Josh Goforth EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt

Highway, Part 2: USA 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Great & the Good,

Part 2 NC Songs at the Center John Oates EX Heart of the World:

Colorado’s National Parks See the distinct ways that

water forms landscapes. 9:30 NC Echo Sessions Camp David 10:00 TV Death in Paradise One for the Road NC Live from the

Artists Den Lady Antebellum EX Tour 64: North Caro-

lina’s Heritage Highway Travel our state’s historic,

scenic byway. 11:00 TV Endeavour Season 3

on Masterpiece Arcadia Did a mystery bug

that sickened half the force kill a young wife? DV

NC Austin City Limits Ryan Adams/Shakey Graves EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt

Highway, Part 1: USA

17 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth EX History Detectives Cromwell Dixon/Bartlett

Sketchbook/Duke Ellington 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV


EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Arctic 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV



Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin with Fred

Armisen, Christopher Walken & Carly Simon


The Week 9:00 TV This Old House This Old House U. NC Washington Week EX Africa’s Great

Civilizations Commerce & the Clash of

Civilizations DV

9:30 TV Ask This Old House Tree Removal/Stud Finders NC Front Row with

Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show Lara Downes:

Concert Pianist NC North Carolina

Bookwatch John Claude Bemis—

Out of Abaton: The Wooden Prince


Wilmington to Fort McHenry

10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina

Sensor Bugs NC Well Read Hari Kunzru—White Tears 11:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal Pee Dee Catfish NC Articulate with

Jim Cotter The Ghetto Potter EX Billy Connolly’s

Tracks Across America Billy visits the West Coast,

hurtling past jaw-dropping vistas of land and sea.




Bookwatch John Claude Bemis—

Out of Abaton: The Wooden Prince


Pee Dee Catfish EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope San Francisco’s Changing

Neighborhoods DV

12:30 TV Flavor, NC Vegetables from the

Greenhouse NC New Fly Fisher Hawk Lake Bass EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese South Africa:

Amazing Encounters 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Keeping It Real NC Song of the Mountains Randall Hibbitts &

Appalachia/The Bankesters EX Doc Martin Out of the Woods 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s

Cooking School Cooking with Grains 2:00 TV America’s Test


Italian Chicken NC Songs at the Center John Oates EX Miss Fisher’s

Murder Mysteries Death at the Grand 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Spicy & Sour for Supper NC Echo Sessions Camp David 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight

Meals Honey Be Good NC Austin City Limits Ryan Adams/Shakey Graves EX Doctor Blake

Mysteries For Whom the Bell Tolls 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Party Fixings 4:00 TV Mexico—One Plate at

a Time with Rick Bayless Ceviches Gone Wild NC First in Future Mike Walden EX Father Brown The Sign of the

Broken Sword 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table One Day in Oaxaca NC Charlie Rose—



Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Last Year’s Model, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Gentlemen Prefer NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from

the Archives (unctv.org/bif) EX Story of India The Meeting of Two

Oceans DV

Celebrate with a two-part Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Special, starting Sunday, December 17, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.



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NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera:

Uniquely Chic 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Sweet Corn & Expensive

Tea Vivian revisits “put-ting up” corn and makes smoked corn relish.

EX Crossing South Rosarito: Bike Race,Go-Carts,

R/C Airplanes & Food 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Richmond, Part 2 NC Exploring

North Carolina History & Future of Water

in North Carolina EX Midsomer Murders King’s Crystal, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring

North Carolina Salamanders as Canaries 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Richmond, Part 3 NC Changing Seas Creatures of the Deep EX Midsomer Murders King’s Crystal, Part 2 9:30 NC SciTech Now

North Carolina Black Bear Science 10:00 EX DCI Banks Ghosts TV Independent Lens Supergirl A young girl

navigates adolescence and powerlifting. DV NC NOVA

Secret Tunnel Warfare 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Rick Steves’ Europe West England



Chef John Folse & Co. Frank Russo 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report

EX Mexico—One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless

Hunt for Caribbean Lobster 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best

of Hungary 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Pumpkins EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Sicily 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Funny Business with

Garrison Keillor, Amy Schumer & Aziz Ansari


Matthew Griffin—Hide EX Chris Tarrant:

Extreme Railways Ice Train to Nowhere 8:30 NC First in Future Isa Watson 9:00 TV Finding Your Roots The Impression with Larry

David & Bernie Sanders NC Muse: The Arts Show American Dance Festival

Dancers EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Washington to

Mount Vernon 9:30 NC Comic Culture Cullen Bunn (Harrow

County, Deadpool) 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Putin’s Revenge, Part 2

See how the U.S. tried to deal with Russian involve-ment in the 2016 election.

NC Echo Sessions Dub Kartel EX Ancient Roads from

Christ to Constantine Age of the Apostles 10:30 NC NC Beat Gainsay 11:00 TV Waiting for God Scandal NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Thailand—From Golden

Triangle to White Sands DV


with David Yetman A Gaucho Gathering

in Uruguay


America EX Nature Soul of the Elephant DV


6:30 NC Black America Nobody with

Marc Lamont Hill 7:00 TV A Place to Call Home Worlds Apart Elizabeth is

rushed to hospital. NC 1964:

The Fight for a Right African-American citizens in

1960s Mississippi struggle for their voting rights.

EX Story of India Freedom DV

8:00 TV Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Special

Part 1 Get ready for com-pelling shocks and surprises as the families negotiate holiday highs and lows.

NC Fats Domino: American Masters

Discover how Fats’ brand of New Orleans R&B be-came R’n’R in the 1950s.

EX Nature Soul of the Elephant DV


Brocket Hall The young queen grows into her royal role and ponders marriage.

NC Maya Angelou:—American Masters

Explore the prolific life of the author and activist.

EX Engadin— Switzerland’s Wilderness

Discover Switzerland’s first and only wildlife reserve, founded in 1914.


The Clockwork Prince Albert pays a visit against the Queen’s wishes.

EX Wild Horses of the West

Examine such issues as controversial helicopter roundups.

11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Unconditional Love/

Atlantic Beach Pie/ Dressed for Success

EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Ireland 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Mama Dip/Coming of

the Shad/Land of Oz/Banjo Earth/Glass Artist Ronnie Hughes


America EX Brazil with

Michael Palin Into Amazonia

SciTech Now North Carolina bears all, Monday, December 18, at 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

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NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon & the Algarve 7:30 TV SciTech Now

North Carolina Black Bear Science EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Iceland: Fire & Ice 8:00 TV Nature The Story of Cats: Asia to

Africa Discover how the first cats arose and spread across the continents. DV

NC Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers

The acclaimed community handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

EX Lidia Celebrates America

Home for the Holidays Lidia shares traditions of her native Italy.

9:00 TV NOVA Bird Brain See how the

genius of birds leads to new notions of intelligence.

NC North Carolina Master Chorale: Joy of the Season


EX Lidia Celebrates America

Homegrown Heroes Celebrate veterans who now cultivate the land.

10:00 TV Supernature— Wild Flyers

Masters of the Sky Explore extremes of power, accel-eration, speed, maneuver-ability and endurance.

NC A Chef’s Life Holiday Special

Chef Vivian shares her vision of the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and much more.

EX The Great British Baking Show

Christmas Masterclass 11:00 TV Are You Being Served? The Hero NC PBS NewsHour EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Brooklyn to Montauk 11:30 TV BBC World News


America

EX Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen

Vincenzo 6:30 NC Nightly Business


Heart & Soul Cooking Clever 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Sevilla 7:30 TV Our State Black River/Sheila Kay

Adams/Golden Eggs EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Classical Europe:

Ancient Greece & Rome 8:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show American Dance Festival

Dancers NC North Carolina A&T

State University Choir Presents

Annual Christmas Concert The choral group performs classical, traditional and gospel favorites.

EX Music Voyager Peru: Amazon 8:30 TV Exploring

North Carolina Living Collections EX Bare Feet with

Mickela Mallozzi Waltzing in Vienna DV



England: The Queen’s Swan NC Holidays in Flavor, NC Lisa Prince journeys across

NC to celebrate cherished holiday traditions.

9:30 TV Joy of Music Christmas at Biltmore Cozy

up with performances of Joy to the World, Silent Night and more timeless holiday tunes.

EX Travels with Darley Illinois: Route 66 & Midewin 10:00 TV Holiday Handbells:

The Raleigh Ringers The acclaimed community

handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

NC Christmas in Duke Chapel

Experience all the glory of the holiday.

EX Crossing South San Felipe & Tecate 10:30 EX Peregrine Dame Return to Thula Thula 11:00 TV Keeping Up

Appearances Problems with Relatives NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Fredericksburg, TX DV


with David Yetman Trinidad & Tobago:

Where East Meets West


America EX Taste of History German Born,

American Made 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table My Three Favorite Boys 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 2 7:30 TV North Carolina


Weekend EX A Place to Call Home That’s Amore 8:30 TV Front Row with

Marc Rotterman NC Muse: The Arts Show American Dance Festival

Dancers 9:00 TV Christmas at Belmont Sheryl Crow hosts as 700

student musicians and oth-ers perform masterworks and seasonal favorites.



Game, Set & Murder 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Eric Idle’s the

Entire Universe Professor Brian Cox, along

with singers and dancers, reveal the universe’s history.


EX Father Brown The Owl of Minerva 10:30 NC Carolina

Business Review

NOVA dispels the Bird Brain cliché, Wednesday, December 20, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

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10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts

Saint Paul Vineyards 11:00 TV British Antiques

Roadshow Exeter Cathedral, Part 2 NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News


Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conver-sations with Hugh McColl


Outdoor Journal Tagging Expedition—

Grey Trout 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


High Mountain Grouse 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Deep Water Bottomfish EX Exploring

North Carolina Haw Revival 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV


Pee Dee Catfish EX Exploring

North Carolina Life at the Top 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


Highway to the Future EX North Carolina


North Carolina Where Rivers Are Born EX North Carolina Week-

end’s Collecting Carolina North Carolina Furniture

9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina

Weekend EX Crossing South Ultralights/Baja Studios/

Lobster 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Chimney Rock/For the

Birds/Hidden Treasure EX Peregrine Dame London & Bruges 10:00 TV North Carolina


end’s Collecting Carolina North Carolina Furniture EX New Scandinavian

Cooking South West of Norway/

Fat Ducks & Sweet Apples 10:30 TV Exploring

North Carolina Life at the Top NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Murrini Glass Maker EX My Greek Table

with Diane Kochilas Ancient Grains for

Modern Cooks 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World The Compost Pedallers NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Brian Boggs, Chairmaker

DV

EX Taste of History George Washington’s

Whiskey 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home Leaders in the Field DV


Holly Wood Spectacular DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table My Three Favorite Boys Noon TV Almanac Gardener Special Summer Plants at

the JC Raulston Arboretum/Growing Mustard Greens


Gardening for Butterflies & Other Beneficial Insects

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Estonia 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Rodeo Riding School/Sav-

ing Pollinating Honeybees NC Almanac Gardener Adams Vineyard at Willow

Springs/Tips on Growing Hot Weather Plants


Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco

1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Anaheim, Part 3 NC Refuge Alligator River

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Armenia: Ancient History & Modern Traditions, Part 2 DV

1:30 EX Curious Traveler London 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall NC First in Future Isa Watson EX Globe Trekker Art Trails of the

French Riviera 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope NE Ontario: Canada’s

Canoe Culture & Fire DV

NC Innovate NC Wilson 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Ski Makers NC David Rubenstein


James Gorman EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Wilmington to

Fort McHenry 3:30 TV American Woodshop Shaker Inspired Spindle

Bench Turning for Beginners

NC Comic Culture Cullen Bunn (Harrow

County, Deadpool) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Brian Boggs, Chairmaker

DV


EX History Detectives Korean War Letter/Diana/

Lookout Mountain Painting 4:30 TV This Old House Approaching Half Way NC Charlie Rose—



Grey Trout NC PBS NewsHour


Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Christmas (1966) NC Woodsongs Sam Bush Band EX Great American


Mount Vernon

Explore Eric Idle’s the Entire Universe, Friday, December 22, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.

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18 | December

7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Dinner Party NC Bands of the Sand Envision EX Music Voyager Peru: Paracas 7:30 TV As Time Goes By What’s Wrong with

Mrs. Bale? NC Bands of the Sand Fantastic Shakers EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Tanzania: Summit on

Mt. Kilimanjaro 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The House in the Woods,

Part 1 House hunters get garrotted.

NC Song of the Mountains Mountain Faith EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: The Transcon-

tinental Railroad, USA 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The House in the Woods,

Part 2 NC Christmas with the

Duttons Three generations of family

share joyful song, dance, comedy and surprises.

EX Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

Consider humans’ impor-tant roles in the parks’ story.

10:00 TV Death in Paradise Posing in Murder NC North Carolina



EX National Parks— Troubled Edens

Examine the future of our national parks, from Grand Canyon to Yellowstone.


Prey A missing au pair leads to a probe of Oxford scientific academia. DV

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

Highway, Part 2: USA

24 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth EX History Detectives Korean War Letter/Diana/

Lookout Mountain Painting 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV


EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Southern China 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV



Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Puritans & Pioneers with

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


The Week 9:00 TV This Old House Approaching Half Way NC Washington Week EX Chris Tarrant:

Extreme Railways Railroad to Mandalay 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Happy Holidays from Ask

TOH! NC Front Row with

Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show American Dance Festival

Dancers NC North Carolina

Bookwatch Matthew Griffin—Hide EX Great American


Mount Vernon 10:30 TV SciTech Now

North Carolina Black Bear Science NC Invitation to

World Literature The Epic of Gilgamesh DV

11:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal

Tagging Expedition— Grey Trout

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter

Sugar Tongue Slim EX Billy Connolly’s

Tracks Across America Billy travels the soulful

Crescent Route from San Antonio to New York.




Bookwatch Matthew Griffin—Hide NC Carolina


Grey Trout EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Adventures in California’s

Tri-Valley DV

12:30 TV Flavor, NC Heritage Turkey

NC New Fly Fisher Russell Inn—Fall Fishing EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese India: Incredible Land 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Veggie Love NC Song of the Mountains Larry Sigmon & Martha

Spencer/Presley Barker & Wayne Henderson

EX Doc Martin Erotomania 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Updated Classics 2:00 TV America’s Test


Autumn Desserts NC Songs at the Center Dianna Corcoran/Marti

Dodson/Patrick Buzzard EX Miss Fisher’s

Murder Mysteries Game, Set & Murder 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Smoky Barbecue Favorites NC Echo Sessions Yo Mama’s Big Fat

Booty Band 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight

Meals Super Bowls of Soup NC Austin City Limits Tom Waits EX Doctor Blake

Mysteries The Visible World 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Cold Weather Comforts 4:00 TV Mexico—One Plate at

a Time with Rick Bayless Cooking Like a Local NC Appalachian

Showcase Performances and inter-

views offer a look at Ap-palachian State University’s Music Department.

EX Father Brown The Last Man 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table History of Oaxaca Cuisine 5:00 TV Charlie Rose—

The Week NC A Chef’s Life

Holiday Special Chef Vivian hosts her vision

of the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and much more.

EX Midsomer Murders Last Year’s Model, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend 6 PM TV Doc Martin Sh*t Happens NC Holidays in Flavor, NC Lisa Prince journeys across

NC to celebrate cherished holiday traditions.


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December | 19

EX European Christmas Markets


6:30 EX Christmas on the Danube

Explore stunning European landscapes, history and culture.

NC North Carolina A&T State University Choir Presents

Annual Christmas Concert The choral group performs classical, traditional and gospel favorites.

7:00 TV A Place to Call Home Cane Toad Sarah and

George begin a secret affair. EX Happy Holidays

with the Boston Pops Celebrate the New England

holiday season. 8:00 TV Last Tango in Halifax

Holiday Special Part 2 NC North Carolina



EX First Silent Night Simon Callow shares the moving Austrian origins of the carol Silent Night.

9:00 TV North Carolina Master Chorale: Joy of the Season


NC Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers

The acclaimed community handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

EX Three Tenors Christmas

Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Car-reras sing traditional and classical holiday songs.

10:00 TV Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Enjoy seasonal favorites from the renowned choir and tenor Rolando Villazon.

NC Joy of Music Christmas at Biltmore Cozy

up with performances of Joy to the World, Silent Night and more great holiday songs.

EX Southern Celtic Christmas Concert

Celebrate Appalachian traditions through music, poetry, dance and song.

10:30 NC Beaufort Christmas Enjoy this traditional viewer

favorite. 11:00 TV Christmas at Belmont Sheryl Crow hosts 700 stu-

dent musicians and others performing masterworks and seasonal favorites.

NC Christmas in Duke Chapel

Experience all the glory of the holiday.

EX European Christmas Markets


11:30 EX Christmas on the Danube

Explore stunning European cities and their landscapes, history and culture.


America EX Sherlock Season 4 on

Masterpiece The Final Problem DV



NC Charlie Rose 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life

Strawberry Stay at Home Vivian develops a coconut cornbread strawberry short-cake with basil whipped cream recipe.

8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Naughty or Nice NC Exploring

North Carolina Birds of Winter EX Midsomer Murders The Axeman Cometh,

Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring

North Carolina Measuring the Mountain 9:00 TV Call the Midwife

Holiday Special Valerie helps a young cou-

ple with a traumatic birth. NC Changing Seas Reefs of Rangiroa EX Midsomer Murders The Axeman Cometh,

Part 2 9:30 NC SciTech Now

North Carolina Climate of Change 10:00 EX DCI Banks To Burn in Every Drop

of Blood NC NOVA Bird Brain See how the

genius of birds leads to new notions of intelligence.

10:30 TV Independent Lens Meet the Patels A 30-year-

old Hindu man enters the semi-arranged marriage system in America.

11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England


America EX Brazil with Michael

Palin The Road to Rio 6:30 NC Nightly Business


Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Bath & York 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Wild Harvested Clams EX Crossing South Ensenada:

Baja 500 & Ziplines 8:00 TV The Sultan & the Saint See how St. Francis of Assisi

and the Sultan of Egypt risked it all to end the Crusades.


Sara Foster— Foster’s Market Favorites

EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways

Night Train to Patagonia See how The Sultan & the Saint ended the Crusades, Tuesday, December 26, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.

Good cheer abounds on the Call the Midwife Holiday Special, Monday, December 25, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

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20 | December

9:00 TV NOVA Day the Dinosaurs Died

Explore the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

NC Down River In the wake of Hurricane

Matthew, Pitt County resi-dents prepare for flooding and pull together to cope with its aftermath.

EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Ancient Grains for Modern Cooks

9:30 EX Cooking Odyssey American Farm School 10:00 TV Supernature—

Wild Flyers Crowded Skies To survive,

mammals, birds and insects must out fly each other.

NC Hazel Relive NC’s damage from

the deadly 1954 hurricane. EX What’s Cookin’

in China? Two Californian chefs learn

traditional Sichuan cuisine from master chefs in China.

10:30 NC REEL SOUTH Can’t Stop the Water 11:00 TV Are You Being Served? Anything You Can Do NC PBS NewsHour EX Great American

Railroad Journeys New York City to Albany 11:30 TV BBC World News



Storyteller in the Kitchen To Spoon or Not To Spoon 6:30 NC Nightly Business


Heart & Soul Heirloom Favorites 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Edinburgh 7:30 TV Our State Somerset Place/Fort Bragg/

Siler City EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Ireland’s West Coast 8:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist

Dwane Powell NC Unrest in

the Queen City: A Public Conversation

Policing EX Music Voyager Peru: Contemporary Lima 8:30 TV Exploring

North Carolina Cafeteria Line NC Unrest in

the Queen City: A Public Conversation

Activism EX Bare Feet with

Mickela Mallozzi Malaysia, Part 1 DV


NC Unrest in the Queen City: A Public Conversation

Economic Opportunity EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Cyprus: Cleopatra’s

Secret Island 9:30 TV A Sweet Potato Tale Frank Graff shows how NC

is building a huge sweet potato market in Europe.

NC Focus on Law & Order: Building Bridges, Mending Communities

Examine citizens’ concerns with the people entrusted to ensure safety.

EX Travels with Darley Illinois: Ottawa & Beyond 10:00 TV My Home, NC Endurance Seafood/Con-

nor Stroud/Kings BBQ/FARM Cafe, The Avett Brothers: Joe Kwon.

EX Crossing South Ultralights/Baja Studios/

Lobster

8:30 NC First in Future Richard Joyner 9:00 TV Secrets of Spanish

Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special

Archaeologists, scientists and historians uncover the little-known history of America’s Spanish colonists. Jimmy Smits narrates.

NC Muse: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist

Dwane Powell EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Manassas to Jamestown 9:30 NC Comic Culture Tom DeFalco 10:00 NC Echo Sessions The Get Right Band EX Ancient Roads from

Christ to Constantine From Apocalypse to

Heresies 10:30 NC NC Beat Wolves & Wolves &

Wolves & Wolves 11:00 TV Waiting for God Sabotage NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Korean War Letter/Diana/

Lookout Mountain Painting 11:30 TV BBC World News


America EX Nature The Story of Cats:

Asia to Africa DV



NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe North Wales:

Feisty & Poetic 7:30 TV SciTech Now

North Carolina Climate of Change EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Africa: The Elephant

Trunk Show 8:00 TV Nature The Story of Cats:

Into the Americas DV

NC Come Hell or High Water: Remembering the Great Flood of 1916

Premiere! Discover NC’s (and much of the Southeast’s) worst natural disaster.

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Celestun: Coastal Cooking 8:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television Crazy Noodles

Come Hell or High Water: Remembering the Great Flood of 1916, shows how mountain elders rose to the challenge, premiering Wednesday, December 27, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

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December | 21

10:30 TV My Home, NC The Original Collard

Sandwich/The Last Patternmaker/Napoleon Hill/The Chicken Lady/ Newton Grove Drug Store/Brown Mountain Lights

EX Peregrine Dame London & Bruges 11:00 TV Keeping Up

Appearances Onslow’s Birthday NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope South Africa—on Safari! DV


with David Yetman Brazil’s Pernambuco:

The Forgotten Interior


America EX Taste of History Creole Cuisine &

the War of 1812 6:30 NC Nightly Business

Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table

Meals in a Minute 7:00 TV Nightly Business

Report NC Charlie Rose EX Midsomer Murders Left for Dead, Part 1 7:30 TV North Carolina


Weekend EX A Place to Call Home Boom! 8:30 TV Front Row with

Marc Rotterman NC Muse: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist

Dwane Powell 9:00 TV Bob Hope:

American Masters With personal archives and

star interviews, you’ll be giving thanks for the memo-ries of the entertainer’s life.



Death Do Us Part 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC Charlie Rose—

The Week EX Father Brown The Mask of the Demon 10:30 NC Carolina


Weekend—Shorts Spoon River

11:00 TV British Antiques Roadshow

Scottish National Gallery, Part 2

NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Left for Dead, Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News


Neighborhood NC Biographical Conver-

sations with Hugh McColl Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina

Outdoor Journal Structured Bass 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


Deep Water Bottomfish 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Trophy Bluegill EX Exploring

North Carolina Naturalists 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV


Tagging Expedition— Grey Trout

EX Exploring North Carolina

Edge of Life 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV


Living Collections EX North Carolina


North Carolina Cafeteria Line EX North Carolina Week-

end’s Collecting Carolina North Carolina Treasures 9:00 TV Curious George DV


EX Crossing South Turista Libre 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Tryon Palace/David Holt/

Energy Xchange EX Peregrine Dame Buenos Aries 10:00 TV North Carolina


end’s Collecting Carolina North Carolina Treasures

EX New Scandinavian Cooking

The Mountain Region of Southern Norway: “On Top of Norway”

10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina

Naturalists NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Tool Chest Makers EX My Greek Table

with Diane Kochilas Olive Oil Everything 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World Urban Farm, Country

Town—The Spark in Sparta NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Combination Planes DV

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

Garden Home Facts of Life DV


A Viking Tool Chest DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Meals in a Minute Noon TV Almanac Gardener Water Saving Techniques

for Your Landscape/ Fall Vegetable Gardening


Redeeming Your Ground EX Rudy Maxa’s World St. Petersburg, Russia 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Cherry Harvest/Energy Sav-

ing Under Glass Growing NC Almanac Gardener Caring for Orchids/

Growing Fall Collards EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness

of the Volcanoes 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Richmond, Part 1 NC Refuge Mackay Island EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope France: Following

the Rhone DV

1:30 EX Curious Traveler Wales 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid NC First in Future Richard Joyner EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:

Provence, France 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope San Antonio’s Fiesta: Olé!

DV

NC Innovate NC Asheville

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22 | December

3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Jeans Maker NC David Rubenstein


David Petraeus, Part 1 of 2 EX Great American


Mount Vernon 3:30 TV American Woodshop Homemade Window

Casings and Baseboard Trim for Everyone

NC Comic Culture Tom DeFalco 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Combination Planes DV


EX History Detectives St. Valentine’s Day Massacre/

George Washington Miniature Painting

4:30 TV This Old House Roofing Lessons & a

New Slab of Concrete in the Basement



Structured Bass NC PBS NewsHour


Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show New Year’s (1970) NC Woodsongs Peter Rowan & J2B2 (John

Jorgenson Bluegrass Band) EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Manassas to Jamestown 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Alistair’s Engagement NC Bands of the Sand Carolina Breakers EX Music Voyager Peru: Amazon 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The House Next Door NC Bands of the Sand Best of the Season EX Born To Explore

with Richard Wiese Morocco: The Last Nomads 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Dead Letters, Part 1 When

a deceased former carnival queen’s mum dies, Barnaby must dig up the past.

NC Song of the Mountains Larry Sigmon & Martha

Spencer/Presley Barker & Wayne Henderson

EX Globe Trekker Art Trails of the

French Riviera 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Dead Letters, Part 2 NC Songs at the Center Tracy Walker/J. Scott


EX Over Hawai’i Take an illuminating, off-

the-beaten-path tour of our 50th state’s scenic wonders.

9:30 NC Echo Sessions The Nth Power 10:00 TV Death in Paradise A Personal Murder NC Tift Merritt:

Still Not Home The singer-songwriter and

NC native performs in front of a hometown audience.

EX Quietest Place on Earth

Explore the massive crater located at the summit of Hawaii’s Haleakala volcano.


Coda Oxford’s criminal underworld gets a shake-up after a grisly murder. DV

NC Austin City Limits Kendrick Lamar EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: The Transcon-

tinental Railroad, USA

31 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth EX History Detectives St. Valentine’s Day Mas-

sacre/George Washington Miniature Painting

6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV


EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Bolivia 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV



Business Review EX Finding Your Roots The Vanguard with Janet

Mock, Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ava DuVernay


The Week 9:00 TV This Old House Roofing Lessons & a

New Slab of Concrete in the Basement

NC Washington Week

EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways

Crossing the Andes 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Backsplash/Leak Detection/

Rainwater NC Front Row with

Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Muse: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist

Dwane Powell NC North Carolina

Bookwatch Sara Foster—

Foster’s Market Favorites EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Manassas to Jamestown 10:30 TV SciTech Now

North Carolina Climate of Change NC Invitation to World

Literature My Name Is Red DV


Structured Bass NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter The Charming Incongruities

of Kevin Barnes EX Mozart in London Consider the composer’s

pivotal, fruitful experiences. 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from



Bookwatch Sara Foster—

Foster’s Market Favorites NC Carolina

Outdoor Journal Structured Bass EX Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Surprising Toronto DV

12:30 TV A Sweet Potato Tale Frank Graff shows how NC

is building a huge sweet potato market in Europe.

NC Fishing Behind the Lines

Fort Drum Soldiers: Honor the Mountain


Morocco: Secret Village 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Beauty Food NC Song of the Mountains Blue Mafia/Ralph Stanley II

& The Clinch Mountain Boys EX Doc Martin On the Edge, Part 1 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Coffee Shop Favorites


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EX Father Brown The Upcott Fraternity 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Game Day Bites 4:00 TV Mexico—One Plate at

a Time with Rick Bayless Love of Live Fire Cooking NC First in Future Randy Woodson EX Father Brown The Star of Jacob 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table A Queen in the Land

of the Gods NC Charlie Rose—



Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Dance with the Dead,

Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin The Portwenn Effect NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from

the Archives (unctv.org/bif) EX Produced by

George Martin Meet Britain’s most cel-

ebrated record producer, known for his Beatles’ work.

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

Chinese Takeout, Revised NC Songs at the Center Tracy Walker/J. Scott



Death Do Us Part 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Smothered & Dowdied NC Echo Sessions The Nth Power 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight

Meals Between the Bread NC Austin City Limits Kendrick Lamar

Billy Graham LibraryBlackhawk Hardware

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North CarolinaBurroughs Wellcome Fund

Carolina BalletDurham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)

ElectriCities of North CarolinaFirst Citizens Bank

Gardner-Webb UniversityMeredith College

Pitt Community College FoundationReynolda House Museum of American Art

SASSearStoneWakeMed

Thank You Corporate SupportersThe broadcast of your favorite UNC-TV programming is made possible, in part, by the generous support of

businesses and organizations like the following:

6:30 NC Black America Black Women & Politics

with Kimberly Peeler-Allen 7:00 TV A Place to Call Home Lest We Forget George

invites Jack to his recep-tion for a Japanese trade delegation.

NC Infinity Hall Live Rhiannon Giddens EX American Epic The Big Bang The Carter

Family launch the first R&B and modern country recordings in the 1920s. DV


An Ordinary Woman Courtship at court leads to second thoughts.

NC Song of the Mountains Doc Watson & Jeff Little EX American Epic Blood & Soil Elder Burch,

Charley Patton and others record Delta blues, gospel and protest songs in the South. DV

9:00 TV Live from Lincoln Center: NY Philharmonic New Year’s Eve— Bernstein on Broadway

Celebrate 2018 with Bernstein’s best, including West Side Story.

NC Folkways Conversations with Doc

Watson David Holt and Doc pick and reflect on the seven-time Grammy winner’s long career.

EX American Epic Out of the Many, the One

Discover how America’s diverse cultures contribute to its many musical styles DV

9:30 NC Great American Music Company

Doc Watson 10:00 NC An Evening with

Doc Watson & David Holt Join a pair of Tar Heel

musical greats for songs and stories, with Doc’s grandson Richard Watson.

10:30 EX American Epic Sessions Jack White & T Bone Bur-

nett lead a session using a 1920s recording device.

11:00 TV ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve

Neko Case, Brandi Carlile and others celebrate Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash and the Neville Brothers.

11:30 NC Swannanoa Gathering: The 25th Anniversary Show

Join Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Kathy Mattea, Ellis Paul and more top performers at Warren Wilson College.

Thank you for your support!

Get ready to ring in 2018 with Live from Lincoln Center: NY Philharmonic New Year’s Eve—Bernstein on Broadway, Sunday, December 31, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

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