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CenterPiece©2019 UNC-TV 2 | September visit unctv.org rootleLISTINGS 1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Sid the Science Kid (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Martha Speaks 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 9:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog 9:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 6 AM Cyberchase 4:00 The Cat in the Hat 10:00 Sesame Street DV 7:00 Arthur DV Knows a Lot About That 10:30 Super WHY! Read-a-roo’s Block 4:30 Dinosaur Train DV (weekends: Esme & Roy) Party—Sid the Science 5:00 Let’s Go Luna 11:00 WordWorld Kid (weekends, until 5:30 Nature Cat 10 AM) (weekends: Super WHY!) 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:30 Odd Squad 11:30 Splash & Bubbles 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Ready Jet Go! Noon Sid the Science Kid 8:00 Odd Squad 8:30 Peg + Cat 12:30 Caillou 8:30 Arthur DV 9:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 WordGirl A PORT CITY SPECTACULAR! 10:00 Sesame Street DV Rootle Brings the Block Party to Wilmington! 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV Join Read-a-roo and her PBS KIDS friends in 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Wilmington this month for a free, music-filled 12 M The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That day of concerts, hands-on activities and more! 12:30 Dinosaur Train DV Stay tuned to Rootle for the scoop and check 1:00 Let’s Go Luna out unctv.org/rootle for more details! 1:30 Nature Cat 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:30 Molly of Denali WELCOME ESME & ROY! 4:00 Odd Squad DV 4:30 Arthur DV New Series Comes to Weekends on Rootle! 5:00 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WordGirl Esme and Roy are best friends—and Monsterdale’s best monstersitters! In this new animated series from the makers of Sesame Street, LISTINGS KEY: little viewers venture into a colorful world TV UNC-TV PBS & More where even the littlest monsters can NC North Carolina Channel overcome big challenges together. Stories with a Local Accent Catch Esme & Roy on Rootle’s EX UNC-EX The Explorer Channel weekend lineup! DV Descriptive Video Service COLOR UNC-TV productions & local interest GET STOKED FOR SCIENCE! PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to ensure the Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air announcements, Sid the Science Kid returns to updates at unctv.org and Read-a-roo’s Block Party with posts to social media tons of fun of the scientific sort! provide the latest scheduling Grab your magnifier and join Sid, information. Some program along with curious classmates start and end times can vary Gerald, May and Gabriela, to tackle slightly from our listings. Add questions about science and why things at least five minutes when work the way they do. recording your favorite shows. September | 3 evening&weekendLISTINGS 11:00 TV North Carolina 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen 1 SUNDAY Bookwatch What’s Baking 6 AM TV Nature Cat Lee Smith & 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s NC Closer to Truth Samia Serageldin: New Orleans Celebrations Mind in the World: A Mothers & Strangers Jambalaya Fest Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus NC North Carolina NC Austin City Limits EX Finding Your Roots Bookwatch Special Zac Brown Band The Long Way Home with John Grisham & Gene EX Father Brown Julianna Marguiles, Azar Nichol: Unheard Voices The Flower of the Fairway Nafisi & Lidia Bastianich DV EX Are We There Yet? 4:30 TV Mexico— 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Ireland One Plate at a Time NC Education Matters Lady & Sir James Galway with Rick Bayless Learn about key issues 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum A Place of Deeply Rooted affecting education in NC. Enhancing Black Communi- Innovation 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV ties & Living, Part 2 5:00 TV Washington Week NC First in Future NC Story in the NC PBS NewsHour Maurice Green Public Square Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Julie Keller Gain insights about Fort Worth, Part 2 Noon TV FRONT ROW the week’s issues. 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s with Marc Rotterman EX Coroner Neighborhood DV NC Carolina That’s the Way To Do It NC ncIMPACT Outdoor Journal 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Human Trafficking/Triad Deep Water Bass Weekend 8:00 TV Curious George DV EX Travelscope NC ncIMPACT NC Carolina Following the Reformation McDowell County Business Review Trail in Switzerland & 5:50 NC North Carolina Chris William and his Germany DV Weekend—Shorts guests discuss business 12:30 TV NC SPIN La Farm Bakery news in the Carolinas. NC Fishing 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders EX We’ll Meet Again Behind the Lines Blood on the Saddle, Part 1 Fight for Women’s Rights A Wild Day of Muskies, NC Black Issues Forum 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Part 2 Enhancing Black Communi- NC Firing Line with EX Burt Wolf: ties & Living, Part 2 Margaret Hoover Travels & Traditions EX Death in Paradise Bright minds and fresh Gone Fishing: Palm Beach, Murder from Above voices debate important Part 1 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: challenges. 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s African-American 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Milk Street Television Men & Boys Designing Their Dream Singapore Satay, Fine Arts & Artists Home/Robotic Construction Soup & Sling 6:50 TV My Home, NC— NC Washington Week NC Song of the Mountains Shorts Leading journalists analyze Eli Cook/Scott Fore/Mark Salem St.