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The launch Questions? kicks off a summer of reading and [email protected] or 1-888-292-7070 voting with a list of 100 diverse Connect with us at unctv.org, facebook.com/publicmediaNC, books. Join experts, entertainers twitter.com/publicmediaNC and and everyday Americans instagram.com/publicmediaNC. advocating for their favorites and, in the fall, seven new CenterPiece©2018 UNC-TV episodes will search for America’s most beloved book. Cover Photo: Alex Lubomirski /Getty Images 2 | May visit unctv.org rootleLISTINGS 6 PM Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur DV UNC-TV’s 24/7 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV Kids Channel 11:30 Splash & Bubbles 12 M Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Dinosaur Train DV 1:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 6 AM Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman 3:30 Splash & Bubbles 2:00 Nature Cat 6:30 Cyberchase 4:00 Daniel Tiger’s 3:00 Wild Kratts 7:00 Read-a-roo’s Block Neighborhood DV 4:00 Odd Squad DV Party—Cyberchase 5:00 Arthur DV (weekends, until 10 AM) 5:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:30 WordGirl 8:00 Arthur CATCH CYBERCHASE ACTION! 9:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That Weekends, at 7 AM and 1 PM 9:30 Sesame Street DV 10:00 Peg + Cat Join curious kids Inez, Jackie and Matt, and 10:30 Super WHY! cyberpal Digit, to stop dastardly villain Hacker 11:00 Clifford’s Puppy Days on his mad mission to take over Cyberspace. 11:30 Caillou Fortunately, the kids have a special weapon that Noon Sid the Science Kid Hacker and his blundering henchbots 12:30 WordWorld lack—brain power! So grab your noggin and join 1:00 Peep & the in the otherwordly superhero antics on each Big Wide World edition of Cyberchase! And after each Read-a-roo’s Block animated episode, stick around for the For Party—Cyberchase (weekends, until 4 PM) Real live-action segment to see how math 1:30 Super WHY! DV can help solve real problems in the real world. LISTINGS KEY: TV UNC-TV PBS & More BRIGHT BY TEXT! NC North Carolina Channel Caregivers: Get Free Tips for Bringing up Baby Stories with a Local Accent EX UNC-EX Bright By Text provides fun and free The Explorer Channel educational messages for caregivers DV Descriptive voiceovers of children from birth to five-years-old. COLOR UNC-TV productions Just text CONNECT to 274448.* & local interest *Message and data rates from your provider may apply. PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air announcements, STREAM ROOTLE ORIGINALS! updates at unctv.org and See Stories for NC Kids Online Anytime! posts to social media provide the latest scheduling For quality videos to share with the information. Some program little ones in your life online anytime, start and end times can vary check out Rootle’s original content— slightly from our listings. Add produced right here in North Carolina! Maybe you’ll see at least five minutes when your favorite artist, teacher or nextdoor neighbor! Visit recording your favorite shows. video.unctv.org/show/rootle for lots of local fun! Read CenterPiece online @ unctv.org/centerpiece. Visit schedule.unctv.org for complete schedules of all our services. May | 3 evening&weekendLISTINGS 1 TUESDAY 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 Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Saltwater Fishing— Gulf of Mexico 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news. Inspiring adults are Booming. Catch the premiere Tuesday, May 1, at 9 PM, on EX Joanne Weir’s the North Carolina Channel. Plates & Places NC Booming 11:30 TV BBC World News Olives Get comprehensive 7:00 TV Nightly PREMIERE! Seniors active in their communities prove coverage of international Business Report news and current events. NC PBS NewsHour that growing up comes with new challenges and EX In the Americas EX Rick Steves’ Europe with David Yetman London: Mod & Trad opportunities. 9:30 NC Aging Matters— Brazil’s Pernambuco: 7:30 TV Flavor, NC The Forgotten Interior Beef Cattle Aging & the Workplace EX Rudy Maxa’s World SERIES PREMIERE! Explore Edinburgh & the what the workforce of 2 WEDNESDAY tomorrow will look like Scottish Highlands 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 8:00 TV Civilizations and what employers need to do now to adapt. NC BBC World News God & Art Explore the America relationship between EX Precision: The religion and art. Measure of All Things NC North Carolina Time & Distance Bookwatch 6:30 NC Nightly Stephanie Elizondo Business Report Griest—All the 7:00 TV Nightly Agents & Saints Business Report EX Majestic Life of NC PBS NewsHour Queen Elizabeth II EX Rick Steves’ Europe Royal biographers and Highlights of Paris: Eiffel & historians reveal how a Monet to Crème Brûlée young princess became 7:30 TV SciTech Now a great queen. North Carolina 8:30 NC First in Future See Aging Matters—Aging & Smoky Mountain Air Quality 9:00 TV Genius by the Workplace, Sunday, May 1, at EX Born To Explore Stephen Hawking 9:30 PM, on North Carolina Channel. with Richard Wiese Why Are We Here? Morocco: Secret Village EX Princes of the Palace 8:00 TV Nature Follow the lives of three Natural Born Rebels: generations of British royal Survival Cockatoos, princes through interviews sloths, chimps and more and archival footage. animals will do whatever 10:00 TV FRONTLINE it takes to survive. Blackout in Puerto Rico NC REEL SOUTH Probe the humanitarian Divided City See deep and economic crisis after divisions about the Hurricane Maria. history and symbolism of NC When I’m 65 Confederate monuments. David Brancaccio questions EX Joanne Weir’s myths about retirement and Plates & Places living longer. Taste of Alsace 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS 8:30 NC REEL SOUTH Journalist Christiane Jonah Stands Up Amanpour brings global Jonah Bascle challenges issues into focus.