01/2021 Echo Sessions • Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! on the Block Party • Jazz A New Name for a New Year! On January 12, 2021, UNC-TV Becomes PBS North Carolina Powered by the UNC System. See page 2 and visit unctv.org/brand for more details. New Name, Same Founding Mission Look How We’ve Grown For the past 66 years UNC-TV has educated, entertained and evolved, from black and white screens in living rooms to glowing screens in pockets, from broadcast to everywhere. Now we’re no longer a traditional channel but an innovative multimedia platform, embodying everything you love about PBS and connecting North Carolinians to their communities and the world at large. As our platform evolves so does our brand, so on January 12, 2021, UNC-TV will become PBS North Carolina Powered by the UNC System. We will continue offering trusted PBS news, culture and resources and we’ll always represent our state’s people and stories. 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Read-a-roo will soon 9:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific be back on your screen with 9:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog more hands-on activities and 10:00 Let’s Go Luna! fun, this time with friends from 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV Randolph County including the North 11:00 The Cat in the Hat Carolina Zoo! Don’t miss out! Make sure to check Knows a Lot About That! unctv.org/RootleBlockParty for updates! 11:30 Martha Speaks Noon Nature Cat 12:30 Ready Jet Go! 1:00 Arthur DV The Cat in the Hat & Labcoat Weekends, until 4 PM: A Block Party Makes Science Spectacular Read-a-roo’s Block Party: The Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! takes our Knows a Lot About That! favorite feline on science adventures 1:30 Odd Squad with his friends, Nick and Sally. The 2:00 Cyberchase series is designed 2:30 Molly of Denali to spark a love of 3:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific learning and an 3:30 Elinor Wonders Why interest in science in preschool- 4:00 Sesame Street DV aged children. Join Read-a-roo’s 4:30 Daniel Tiger’s Block Party, weekends at 7 AM and Neighborhood DV 1 PM, only on Rootle. 5:00 Curious George DV 6:00 Wild Kratts 7:00 Xavier Riddle DV Weekends, until 10 PM: Teach Your Child Anti-Racism PBS KIDS Family Night: PBS KIDS Is Here to Help You! Molly of Denali 7:30 Molly of Denali Looking for tools to help 8:00 Hero Elementary your child learn about being 8:30 Odd Squad anti-racist? PBS KIDS for 9:00 Arthur DV Parents put together lots of 9:30 WordGirl great free tips and resources 10:00 Cyberchase DV for how you and your child 10:30 Molly of Denali DV can create a more equitable 11:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific world. Visit pbs.org/parents/talking-about-racism for 11:30 Elinor Wonders Why more information! See Rootle’s overnight schedule at unctv.org/rootle. Read CenterPiece online @ unctv.org/centerpiece. Visit unctv.org/schedule for complete schedules of all our services. 4 | January | Rootle Visit unctv.org/schedule for full listings. Evening & Weekend Listings 1 FRIDAY EX Woman in White Episode One 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 9:30 NC Washington Week Get in-depth analyses 10:00 NC McLaughlin Group of current events. EX Woman in White NC BBC World News Episode Two America 10:30 TV Beyond the Canvas Katty Kay shares unique All About the Music global perspectives. Bruce Springsteen, EX Cook’s Country Reba McEntire and 6:30 NC BBC World News other musicians Waltz your way through Great Today discuss success and Performances From Vienna: EX Essential Pépin DV vulnerable moments. The New Year’s Celebration 7:00 TV To Dine for NC Chavis Chronicles 2021, Friday, January 1, 9 PM, on UNC-T V. with Kate Sullivan Catch engaging NC PBS NewsHour conversations from EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Exploring civil rights icon Dr. North Carolina 7:30 TV McLaughlin Group Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Tom Rogan, Pat Bu- Women in Science L 11:00 TV Amanpour 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s chanan, Eleanor Clift, & Company Clarence Page and Neighborhood DV Explore today’s topics NC Modern others discuss politics.