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12:30 am 

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1:00 am 

Placing Out: The Orphan Trains   Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned and runaway children, primarily from industrialized cities in the East, boarded trains bound for Midwestern farming communities in search of a better life. Experts consider this period of mass relocation, often referred to as the Orphan Train Era, as the precursor to the modern foster care system.G

2:00 am 

Lewis and Clark: Crossing The Centuries   LEWIS & CLARK: CROSSING THE CENTURIES traces the Lewis and Clark expedition's route from St.Louis, Missouri to the Oregon Coast. The documentary features stunning aerial shots of the dramatic terrain the expedition faced, including Idaho's Lolo and Lemhi Passes and the White Cliffs area along the Missouri River in Montana. D

3:00 am 

Terra Antarctica: Rediscovering The Seventh Continent   Host Jon Bowermasters guides a crew of adventurers on this National Geographic-sponsored expedition by sea kayak, sailboat, foot and small plane to record changes occurring to Antarctica due to the warming trend. Temperatures have risen faster here than anywhere else on the planet over the last half-century.G

4:00 am 

Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The  "Energy and Eccentricity"  The precise orbit of a heavenly body. D

4:30 am 

Economics U$A  "Federal Reserve"  The rising power of the Federal Reserve Board and the pros and cons of increasing reliance on monetary policy are examined. D

5:00 am 

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5:30 am 

French In Action  "More Variety, More Riches"  In the garden next to Saint-Germain-des-Pres, our travelers are looking for a theme for their trip. They can't agree, but mention of the cider of Normandy awakens their thirst, and they adjourn to the nearby Cafe des Deux Magots.G

6:00 am 

Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique  "Tone Your Entire Body"  NULL

6:30 am 

Clifford The Big Red Dog  "Blanket Blues/Dino Clifford"  Cleo spies Clifford's favorite blanket--one he has had since he was a puppy--and proclaims it the perfect cape for Super T-bone. Clifford reluctantly allows his friends to use the blanket, if they promise to be very careful. The game turns rambunctious, the blanket gets dirty and Clifford gets upset. D

7:00 am 

Arthur  "Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked/Best of the Nest"  Sue Ellen is the champion of the popular Internet game, Virtualgoose.com. She becomes so obsessed, however, that she starts imagining her friends as geese to be conquered! Can Sue Ellen give up Virtualgoose before she finally quacks. D

7:30 am 

Martha Speaks  "Monkeyshines Martha/Dog Daze"  Monkeyshines Martha - Helen's hefty schoolwork load leaves her with little time left to spend with Martha. At loose ends, Martha finds a friend in Professor Monkey, whose wacky inventions propel Martha into a world of new adventures. Vocabulary: (E) relie(f)(ve), genius, unwind, cherish, pressure. D

8:00 am 

Curious George  "Zeros to Donuts/Curious George, Stain Remover"  George buys one hundred dozen donuts and uses the Renkins water pump to clean a grape juice spill.G

8:30 am 

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!  "Reindeer Games/Along Came A Spider"  Nick and Sally can't find their sled that's buried under the snow. Off they go to the Jingly Bell Forest where Magnus shows them how he digs with his feet and shovels snow with his antlers.Nick and Sally are playing soccer when their ball goes through a hole in their net. Luckily Cat's friend Mabel is a spider who knows all about weaving - maybe she can help them!G

9:00 am 

Super Why!  "The Frog Prince"  Princess Pea wants to do ballet, and Spider wants to spin webs, so how will these two friends play together? To find some answers, the Super Readers check out The Frog Prince and meet another Princess who can't see eye to eye with her friend! Will the Super Readers be able to help the Princess and the Frog kiss and make up? Educational Objectives: To learn about compromise, practice the alphabet and rhyme with UMP words. Preschoolers discover that the power to read will change the story. D

9:30 am 

Dinosaur Train  "Valley of the Stygimolochs/Tiny Loves Fish"  Valley of the Stygimolochs - Buddy wonders if he'll grow horns when he gets older, so Mrs. Pteranodon takes him to visit some dinosaurs called Stygimoloch, who have really impressive horns. Tiny Loves Fish - After Mr. Pteranodon teaches the kids his fishing method, Buddy and Tiny work together as a team to catch fish in the Big Pond. D

10:00 am 

Sesame Street  "Elmo Wants to Have A Ball"  Elmo's daddy has given him a dollar and he is not sure what to buy. He sees lots of things that are interesting, but decides that he wants a Stupendous Ball. The only problem is that it costs five dollars. D

11:00 am 

Sid The Science Kid  "The Dirt On Dirt"  In an Earth Day themed episode, Sid wants to know what makes dirt so dirty? At school, Sid and his friends discover that dirt is really important to the Earth because it helps things grow, and it's also filled with tiny rocks, pieces of leaves, and even living things like bugs and worms!. D

11:30 am 

WordWorld  "Snug As A Bug/Nightlight"  Snug as a Bug: Frog helps insomniac Bug figure out the end of the rhyme "snug as a bug in a ." so that Bug can sleep. Nightlight: The rest of Word World is trying to sleep, but Bear is keeping everyone awake with her all-night racket. D

12:00 pm 

Caillou  "Sounds and Music!"  When Caillou visits Clementine, he is impressed to see Billy practicing on a Tuba. Soon, Billy's marching band mates arrive to practice. Clementine and Caillou wish they could join in too. D

12:30 pm 

Barney & Friends  "The Reluctant Dragon, A Fairy Tale Adventure"  Barney teaches that you can't tell from the outside what someone might be like on the inside. He does this by telling a story about a dragon that wasn't at all what others thought she was. The villagers were afraid of her, but it turns out, she wasn't scary at all. D

1:00 pm 

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!  "Reindeer Games/Along Came A Spider"  Nick and Sally can't find their sled that's buried under the snow. Off they go to the Jingly Bell Forest where Magnus shows them how he digs with his feet and shovels snow with his antlers.Nick and Sally are playing soccer when their ball goes through a hole in their net. Luckily Cat's friend Mabel is a spider who knows all about weaving - maybe she can help them!G

1:30 pm 

Thomas & Friends  "Working Well"  Alicia Botti, the famous opera singer, is coming to Sodor. Thomas is bubbling with pride that he is to collect her and take her to the Town Hall for the grand concert. Also arriving that day is a new engine named Charlie. D

2:00 pm 

Curious George  "Zeros to Donuts/Curious George, Stain Remover"  George buys one hundred dozen donuts and uses the Renkins water pump to clean a grape juice spill.G

2:30 pm 

Martha Speaks  "Monkeyshines Martha/Dog Daze"  Monkeyshines Martha - Helen's hefty schoolwork load leaves her with little time left to spend with Martha. At loose ends, Martha finds a friend in Professor Monkey, whose wacky inventions propel Martha into a world of new adventures. Vocabulary: (E) relie(f)(ve), genius, unwind, cherish, pressure. D

3:00 pm 

The Electric Company  "The Unmuffins"  Something funny is going on. The Pranksters are being very helpful and The Electric Company is being awfully unfriendly. Will Jessica be able to fix things so everyone is back to normal?. D

3:30 pm 

WordGirl  "Captain Tangent/Chuck and Brent Ride Again"  Captain Tangent - When Becky and her family go out to dinner at Blackbeard's Buffet, they encounter a new villain, Captain Tangent - a teenage pirate with a magnetic hook and talking parrot. It's up to WordGirl to stop him from stealing her mom's trophy and all the coins (a.k. D

4:00 pm 

Wild Kratts  "Fireflies"  It's time for the annual Wild Kratt Firefly picnic. Martin and Chris head off into the forest to find some fireflies to join in the fun, but fashion designer, Donita Donata, has been capturing all the fireflies to use in the making of a sparkly, one-of-a-kind dress. The Wild Kratts team has to save the firefly population! Science Concepts: Bioluminescence, Cold light. D

4:30 pm 

Cyberchase  "Team Spirit"  Interest is lagging in the annual Mount Olympus Games, attendance is sagging, and Zeus is not happy. How can he restore the spirit of competition? With lightning bolt speed, he pits Team Motherboard, coached by Digit, against Team Hacker, coached by Wicked, The teams have to compete in the Triadditon, a relay-type race made up of an obstacle course, a swim race, and a foot race where each competitor does one event and tags their teammate to do the next. Bragging rights and hero worship go to the winners. D

5:00 pm 

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman  "Ruffman Manor Is Haunted"  Ruff has just learned that he's set to inherit Ruffman Manor from his ancestor Maximilian Ruffman. The only problem. Ruffman Manor is said to be HAUNTED! Ruff sends all six FETCHers out to check out the manor and find out if it's safe for him to move in. D

5:30 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Federal Reserve policymakers say they're ready to act but take no new steps to boost the economy. NBR's Susie Gharib speaks with PIMCO's Co-CEO Mohamed El-Erian. Volatility rocks stocks after a technology issue at one big market maker that leads to a bumpy open at the New York Stock Exchange. D

5:56 pm 

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6:00 pm 

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7:00 pm 

Nature  "White Falcon, White Wolf"  Cameras follow the lives of species whose survival are balanced precariously around the brief weeks of summer on Canada's Ellesmere Island. Working against time to raise a family are the white gyrfalcons, the Arctic wolves, snowy owls, musk oxen, lemmings, Arctic foxes and hares - all of whom share this ecosystem.G

8:00 pm 

NOVA  "The Fabric of the Cosmos - Universe Or Multiverse?"  Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. Part 4 of 4G

9:00 pm 

War  "When Things Get Tough"  (January 1943 - December 1943) American troops are ashore in North Africa. Under George Patton, they begin to beat back Rommel's seasoned veterans. At home, manufacturing is converted to the war effort and millions of women enter the work force. Allied leaders draw up plans for the long-delayed invasion of Europe. Part 2 of 7G

11:00 pm 

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