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3:00 pm 

DragonflyTV  "Sports Science"  Tess, Christina and Alison employ slapshot science to reach their " goal" of finding the most powerful hockey stick. Garrett, Carl and John grab their boots, poles and swimsuits for an afternoon of ski jumping. Crash test smarties: engineers Mike Lowe and Brian Sidwell design kids' bike helmets for optimum safety, durability and style. D

3:30 pm 

Biz Kid$  "Using Your Credit-Crazy Or Compelling?"  Don't live on borrowed time. Join the Biz Kids and you'll see the true cost of purchasing with credit. You'll also have an unsettling look at credit scores and the increasing number of people and places (employers, insurers, colleges, etc. D

4:00 pm 

Wishbone  "Bone of Arc"  This live-action program follows the exploits of Wishbone the dog and his human friends, Joe, David and Samantha through their adventures in their hometown of Oakdale. Wishbone's everyday experiences trigger his imagination and he finds himself in scenes from classic works of literature. In this episode, Samantha becomes the heroine of the boys soccer team while Wishbone becomes her ally. D

4:30 pm 

Cyberchase  "A Crinkle In Time"  Digit and the kids go on a rescue mission to save Slider, searching for their friend all over a mysterious cybersite called Ticktockia. But it's all a big trick by Hacker, and Slider's not even there! And if the CyberSquad doesn't leave soon, they'll be stuck forever. Can they learn enough about gears to escape before the clock strikes 9? Only time will tell! EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: Watch carefully how two gears mesh and you can discover how their size and number of teeth affects the speed at which each turns. D

5:00 pm 

Knit and Crochet Now!  "Baby Dress-Up"  Learn to work duplicate stitch to embellish a chunky knitted vest with Kristen Nicholas. Ellen Gormely crochets a party dress that will please any little princess. And Brett Bara crochets the Midnight Snowballs scarf using two colors of chunky yarn. D

5:30 pm 

Best of the Joy of Painting  "Autumn Palette"  Venture down a pathway with artist Bob Ross, you'll savor gorgeous fall-time woods and the glory of color!. D

6:00 pm 

Chef John Besh's New Orleans   Shrimp and Chicken Jambalaya, Jen's Wild Berry Cream Pie, and Blueberry Sorbet. D

6:30 pm 

Chef's Life  "Pimp My Grits"  The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time - but nothing is going as planned. One of the big changes to the restaurant's menus is the addition of a section called "Pimp My Grits," where Vivian exalts the lowly, quintessentially Southern ingredient in four distinct ways. D

7:00 pm 

The Woodwright's Shop  "The Troublesome Triangle Stool"  The old triangular stool spells trouble for Peter Follansbee and Roy Underhill as they tackle a trio of terrible turned tenons!. D

7:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Greece's Peloponnese"  On the Peloponnese Peninsula, Ricks visits the old port town of Nafplio, time-trips through the ruins of Olympia, and takes center stage at the preserved theater at Epidauros.G

8:00 pm 

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions  "Santa Fe, New Mexico"  For over 12,000 years, Native Americans have been living in the area around Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Spanish arrived in the 1600s and eventually the two cultures blended together to form one of the most interesting societies in America. In this program, we take a helicopter tour of some of the most beautiful parts of the Southwest, visit the oldest church in the United States, and discover how the native tribes used modern ledger paper to preserve their heroic legends and personal stories. D

8:30 pm 

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way  "Simple Sweet Notes"  Jacques cuts the cooking time of a whole chicken in half with a pair of shears and a few cuts of his knife for roasted split chicken with a mustard crust.G

9:00 pm 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Simple & Satisfying Vegetable Mains"  Man on the Street John "Doc" Willoughby ventures to New York City to learn about vegetarian cooking from Amanda Cohen at Dirt Candy. Back in the test kitchen, test cook Becky Hays shows host Christopher Kimball how to make a great Mushroom and Leek Galette with Gorgonzola at home. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews his favorite vegetable cleavers in the Equipment Corner. D

9:30 pm 

Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking  "Duxbury, MA: Chefs Jeremy Sewall and Barton Seaver and Skip Bennett"  NULL

10:00 pm 

Taste This!  "Big Apple Bbq"  NULL

10:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Greece's Peloponnese"  On the Peloponnese Peninsula, Ricks visits the old port town of Nafplio, time-trips through the ruins of Olympia, and takes center stage at the preserved theater at Epidauros.G

11:00 pm 

Great Conversations  "Robert Kagan/Neal Conan"  In an interview recorded in 2004, leading foreign policy scholar Robert Kagan discusses his book Of Paradise and Power, America and Europe in the New World Order with Neal Conan of NPR. D