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Enjoy all the fun of our in-person events 9:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific with a jam-packed hour of sing-alongs, 9:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog activities and more on Rootle’s Block 10:00 Let’s Go Luna! Party LIVE! At Home television special! 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV Join Read-a-roo, Shana Tucker, the Little 11:00 The Cat in the Hat GERMinators, Mr. Scooter and other celebrities, Knows a Lot About That Saturday, September 19, at 9 AM, on Rootle and UNC-TV! 11:30 Martha Speaks Learn more at unctv.org/rootle! Noon Nature Cat 12:30 Ready Jet Go! 1:00 Arthur DV NATURE CAT’S ON THE PROWL Weekends, until 4 PM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Nature Cat 1:30 Odd Squad Discover the great outdoors this month 2:00 Cyberchase with Nature Cat! When his human family 2:30 Molly of Denali leaves for the day, Fred transforms from 3:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific mild-mannered house cat into backyard explorer extraordinaire Nature Cat! With the help 3:30 Elinor Wonders Why of his animal friends, Nature Cat embarks on 4:00 Sesame Street DV action-packed adventures full of nature 4:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV investigation, a-ha discoveries and 5:00 Let’s Go Luna humor—all while inspiring children to go outside and “play the show.” 5:30 Nature Cat 6:00 Wild Kratts 7:00 Xavier Riddle Weekends, until 10 PM: NEW! ELINOR WONDERS WHY PBS KIDS Family Night Science Series Premieres Monday, September 7 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Hero Elementary Elinor, the most observant and 8:30 Odd Squad curious bunny rabbit in Animal 9:00 Arthur DV Town, introduces preschoolers 9:30 WordGirl to science, nature and 10:00 Sesame Street DV community through adventures 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s with her friends Ari, a funny and imaginative bat, and Olive, Neighborhood DV a perceptive and warm elephant. The friends encourage 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific following your curiosity, asking questions when you don’t understand and finding answers using science inquiry skills. See Rootle’s overnight schedule at unctv.org/rootle. Read CenterPiece online at unctv.org/centerpiece. Visit unctv.org/schedule for complete schedules of all our services. September | 3 evening&weekendLISTINGS Through Sunday, September 6 Look for the BLC symbol, Call or Text DONATE to 1-800-984-9090. highlighting Black people’s unctv.org/specials contributions to our world. 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH EX Travelscope 1 TUESDAY Two Trains Runnin’ Mozambique, Africa DV 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour EX Black America Since 8:00 TV FRONTLINE: Get in-depth analyses MLK: And Still I Rise From Jesus to Christ— of current events. Keep Your Head Up/ The First Christians NC BBC World News Touch the Sky DV Part 3: Expansion America 10:30 TV Rick Steves’ NC National Parks: Katty Kay shares unique Tasty Europe America’s Best Idea global perspectives. See how food is a prime The Morning of Creation EX Simply Ming ingredient in defining (1946-1980) DV Ming Tsai & Michael Schlow cultures across Europe. DV EX ‘70s Soul Superstars 6:30 NC BBC World News 11:00 TV Amanpour Patti LaBelle hosts an all- Outside Source & Company star reunion of Motown, Ros Atkins offers an The acclaimed journalist R&B and soul legends. innovative take on the and top peers explore 9:00 TV FRONTLINE: latest global stories. today’s topics. 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Taiwan: Iron Pathways to EX ncIMPACT Special NC Future of Adventure, Part 1 DV Child Well-Being & America’s Past 8:00 TV FRONTLINE: COVID-19 A Grave Injustice From Jesus to Christ— 7:00 TV MotorWeek A WWII-era Japanese The First Christians ’20 Honda CRV Hybrid/ internment camp is now Part 1: In the Beginning ’20 Chevrolet Corvette a National Park site. NC North Carolina NC PBS NewsHour EX Dionne Warwick: Bookwatch EX Rick Steves’ Europe Then Came You Nicholas Sparks: Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre The famed singer dazzles The Notebook 7:30 TV This American Land with some of her classics. EX Henry Louis Gates Jr. Appalachian Trail/Women Uncovering America in Farming/Cooling a River/ 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour Courtney B.