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(weekends, until 10 AM) 12:30 Caillou 9:30 WordGirl 7:30 Odd Squad 1:00 Peep & the 10:00 Sesame Street DV 8:00 Ready Jet Go! Big Wide World 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s 8:30 Peg + Cat Read-a-roo’s Block Neighborhood DV 9:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog Party—The Cat in the Hat 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Knows a Lot About That (weekends, until 4 PM) 12 M The Cat in the Hat 10:00 Sesame Street DV Knows a Lot About That 12:30 Dinosaur Train DV 1:00 Let’s Go Luna WE LOVE THE STATE FAIR! 1:30 Nature Cat Visit the UNC-TV Pavilion, October 17-27! 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:30 Molly of Denali Rootle is thrilled to be back at the NC 4:00 Odd Squad DV State Fair to hang out with all of our 4:30 Arthur DV friends! Check out our exhibit every 5:00 Ready Jet Go! day of the fair and discover Rootle 5:30 WordGirl Wonderland—a place of wonder and learning with great activities for little ones! And join Sid the Science Kid for Science Saturday, LISTINGS KEY: sponsored by RTI International, Saturday, TV UNC-TV October 19, from 10 AM-2 PM, at UNC-TV’s NC North Carolina Channel EX UNC-EX Explorer Channel State Fair Pavilion! Meet Sid and the DV Descriptive Video Service UNC-TV Science Team! Watch and try COLOR UNC-TV productions some cool science activities from Morehead & local interest Planetarium and RTI International. And get Shaded programs indicate some sweet science stuff! Explorer Channel fundraiser specials. PLEASE NOTE: While every THE CAT IN THE HAT IS BACK! effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM on-air announcements, Get your science on with The Cat in updates at unctv.org and posts to social media the Hat Knows a Lot About That provide the latest scheduling this month on the Block Party! information. Some program Go on amazing adventures with start and end times can vary the Cat and friends Nick and Sally slightly from our listings. Add as they combine music, humor and learning to at least five minutes when spark communities of science explorers! recording your favorite shows. Read CenterPiece online @ unctv.org/centerpiece. Visit unctv.org/schedule for complete schedules of all our services. October | 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 Confucius Was a Foodie Sichuan 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report See how animals adapt to city life on the premiere of Wild Metropolis Seasoned reporters Residents, Wednesday, October 2, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV. review financial news. 7:00 TV Nightly 10:00 NC Articulate 7:30 TV Muse Business Report with Jim Cotter Cultural History: Center NC PBS NewsHour The Wildest Dreamers for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Family Pictures USA EX Born To Explore Iran: Tehran & Side Trips Southwest Florida Native with Richard Wiese 7:30 TV North Carolina Americans, ranchers and India: Incredible Land Weekend fishermen share stories. Deborah Holt Noel shows 10:30 NC On Story what’s up this weekend. The Original Disney EX Travelscope Princess: A Conversation Northern Ethiopia: Ancient with Linda Woolverton History & Spiritual Present 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company DV The acclaimed journalist 8:00 TV Secrets of the Dead and top peers explore Scanning the Pyramids today’s topics. Explore what lies within the NC PBS NewsHour Great Pyramid at Giza. EX Travelscope NC North Carolina Eastern Europe’s Treasures: Bookwatch From Budapest to Judy Goldman: Together Bucharest DV EX Family Pictures USA 11:30 EX In the Americas North Carolina Photos, with David Yetman and their backstories, Ice, Rock & Water: Connect with one of our smartest show how our state is The Sierra Nevada creatures on Nature Octopus: rapidly changing. Making Contact, Wednesday, October 2, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV. 8:30 NC Story in the 2 WEDNESDAY Public Square Lisa Genova 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 8:00 TV Nature NC BBC World News Octopus: Making Contact DV America NC Independent Lens EX Queen’s Garden Tell Them We Are Rising Explore Central London’s Explore the pivotal role “royal wildlife” and historically black colleges remarkable plants. and universities have 6:30 NC Nightly played in America. DV Business Report EX Chefs A’ Field: 7:00 TV Nightly Good Catch Business Report Beautiful Swimmers Featur- FRONTLINE The Crown Prince of NC PBS NewsHour ing Chef Spike Gjerde Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, October 1, at EX Rick Steves’ Europe 8:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table 9 PM, on UNC-TV. Iran’s Historic Capitals SEASON PREMIERE! A Local’s Tour of Culiacán 9:00 TV FRONTLINE 9:00 TV NOVA The Crown Prince Learn Inside the Megafire Probe about controversial the rise of record-breaking Mohammed bin Salman.