KRWG TV Schedule

Wednesday, June 19
Time
Program
1:00 AM
The American Experience: John D. Rockefeller
A profile of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), the world's first billionaire. At the height of his success, his companies owned 90 percent of the world's oil refineries and a third of all oil wells.
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3:00 AM
Frontline
“The Retirement Gamble”
An examination of retirement accounts. Included: the lack of uniformity in plans, which results in some workers paying much more than others; the cost of a seemingly small annual fee when spread out across a worker's lifetime; hidden fees.
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4:00 AM
Charlie Rose
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5:00 AM
PBS NewsHour
Covering national and international issues, originating from Washington, D.C.
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6:00 AM
Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique
A physical-fitness regiment that combines yoga, tai chi, Pilates and ballet techniques.
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6:30 AM
Body Electric
A daily series offering aerobic and body-sculpture exercises.
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7:00 AM
Barney & Friends
“The Emperor's Contest; Beethoven's Hear!”
Ryan is tempted to not follow the rules of a fishing contest. Also: After Riff meets someone with a hearing problem, Barney tells him and the others about how Beethoven wrote music even after he went deaf.
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7:30 AM
Sid the Science Kid
“My Slide”
Sid learns about inclined planes while figuring out how to lift his heavy stuffed dinosaur to his bed.
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8:00 AM
Curious George
“Free Hundley: Bag Monkey”
George and his friends try to rescue a dog from a pet shelter; and George prepares for a grocery-bagging contest.
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8:30 AM
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
“Jump!; Slow Down for Sloths”
Nick and Sally learn to jump from grasshoppers, a kangaroo and a flea; and learn to go slow from a sloth.
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9:00 AM
Super WHY!
“The Three Little Pigs: Return of the Wolf”
After Pig and his siblings' attempt to build a picnic table goes wrong, the Super Readers zoom into "The Three Little Pigs" to learn about construction from Poppa Pig.
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9:30 AM
Dinosaur Train
“The Earthquake; Nursery Car”
The kids meet a relative of Tank Triceratops, an early ceratopsian named Penelope Protoceratops. Later, they discover that a nursery car has been added to the train.
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10:00 AM
Sesame Street
“Y a Quest Y Not”
Elmo, Abby and Telly learn about knights and embark on a quest to find words that begin with Y. The journey takes them to Gina's veterinarian office, the Laundromat and Hooper's store, but it's not until they meet a cow called a yak that they find one.
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11:00 AM
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
“Daniel Plays Ball; O Builds a Tower”
Daniel has difficulty catching the ball while playing a game with Miss Elaina and Prince Wednesday; O the Owl tries to build a tall tower using all of the blocks in the block corner at school.
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11:30 AM
WordWorld
“The Race to Mystery Island; A Star Is Born”
Pig and Frog race each other to Mystery Island, but find that neither will get there if they don't work together. Also: Duck gets stage fright while singing to his friends.
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12:00 PM
WordGirl
“Becky and the Bard; Monkey Robot Showdown”
Violet and Becky both want to star in a school play; Tobey enters his Checkmate 3000 in a contest, but it snaps, leaving it to WordGirl and Capt. Huggy Face to save the day.
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12:30 PM
Clifford the Big Red Dog
“A New Friend; Stormy Weather”
A new dog named KC arrives on Birdwell Island. He has only three legs, and that makes the gang uncomfortable. Later, Clifford's talent for digging comes in handy when a big storm blows in.
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1:00 PM
Charlie Rose
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2:00 PM
Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
A series that demonstrates the art and craft of creating quilts.
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2:30 PM
Quilting Arts
The world of quilting is explored. Included: contemporary art designs and techniques; advice from quilt artists; machine quilting.
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3:00 PM
Maya & Miguel
“A Little Culture”
Maya forgets to buy tickets for a movie and suggests that the gang goes to the Natural History Museum instead.
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3:30 PM
Wild Kratts
“Platypus Cafe”
Martin and Chris learn about the platypus and stop an unscrupulous chef from using platypus eggs in a special dish.
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4:00 PM
Arthur
“Binky Goes Nuts; Breezy Listening Blues”
Binky's allergic to peanuts and wants to know what foods he can eat; Brain gets a poor grade on a test and wants to know why.
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4:30 PM
The Electric Company
“War of the Words”
The pranksters attempt to sabotage Hector's health-class presentation on stamina.
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5:00 PM
BBC World News America
News from around the world is presented.
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5:30 PM
PBS NewsHour
Covering national and international issues, originating from Washington, D.C.
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6:30 PM
Nightly Business Report
A long-running weeknight business-news magazine that includes market reports, company information, CEO interviews and economic commentary. `NBR' began as a local broadcast in Miami in 1979.
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7:00 PM
Nature
“Invasion of the Giant Pythons”
An examination of a problem in Florida's Everglades National Park involving giant Burmese pythons. The nonnative snakes, some of which were released into the wild by pet owners (others escaped from refuges during hurricanes), have upended the ecosystem.
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8:00 PM
Nova
“Extreme Cave Diving”
Earth's climate history is explored via underwater caves that were formed during the last ice age (when the sea level was almost 400 feet lower than it is today) by ecological anthropologist Kenny Broad.
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9:00 PM
Cave People of the Himalaya
Mountain climber Pete Athans and archaeologist Mark Aldenderfer search the Himalayas for the caves and mummies of a lost civilization; and discover evidence of a 1500-year-old, previously unknown Himalayan death ritual.
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10:00 PM
Charlie Rose
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11:00 PM
BBC World News
International news from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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11:30 PM
Tavis Smiley
Morgan Spurlock; Michael McKean.
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