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TV Ratings Information
For programs designed solely for children:

TV-Y (All Children -- This program is designed to be appropriate for all children.) Whether animated or live-action, the themes and elements in this program are specifically designed for a very young audience, including children from ages 2-6. This program is not expected to frighten younger children.

TV-Y7 (Directed to Older Children -- This program is designed for children age 7 and above.) It may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the developmental skills needed to distinguish between make-believe and reality. Themes and elements in this program may include mild fantasy or comedic violence, or may frighten children under the age of 7. Therefore, parents may wish to consider the suitability of this program for their very young children. Note: For those programs where fantasy violence may be more intense or more combative than other programs in this category, such programs will be designated TV-Y7-FV.

For programs designed for the entire audience, the general categories are:

TV-G (General Audience -- Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages.) Although this rating does not signify a program designed specifically for children, most parents may let younger children watch this program unattended. It contains little or no violence, no strong language and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.

TV-PG (Parental Guidance Suggested -- This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.) Many parents may want to watch it with their younger children. The theme itself may call for parental guidance and/or the program contains one or more of the following: moderate violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).

TV-14 (Parents Strongly Cautioned -- This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.) Parents are strongly urged to exercise greater care in monitoring this program and are cautioned against letting children under the age of 14 watch unattended. This program contains one or more of the following: intense violence (V), intense sexual situations (S), strong coarse language (L), or intensely suggestive dialogue (D).

TV-MA (Mature Audience Only -- This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.) This program contains one or more of the following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual activity (S), or crude indecent language (L).
TV Reminders Information
Email reminders:

You can receive email reminders of upcoming shows by selecting the Remind Me box next to your favorite programs. After all selections have been made, simply enter your email address at the bottom of the page and submit. Your reminder will arrive the day before your program airs. Please note, reminders are not available for programming airing in less than 24 hours.
Time
Remind Me
Series Title & Description
12:00 am
(60 minutes)
Dirty Jobs
High-Rise Window Washer
TV-PG (L), CC

Mike travels to Hawaii and joins the crew of Worldwide Window Cleaning where he harnesses up and hops into a bosun's chair to clean windows 40 stories above downtown Honolulu.
1:00 am
(60 minutes)
Dirty Jobs
Toilet Crusher
TV-PG (L), CC

Mike treks to a creek in Arkansas to perform tests on endangered Alligator Snapping Turtles. Then, he travels to San Francisco where he removes and recycles toilets.
2:00 am
(60 minutes)
Dirty Jobs
Egg Farm
TV-PG, CC

Mike visits a Chicken Farm to see how eggs make it to the store. There, he finds out that 1.4 million chickens equal a lot of poo, which he gets the chance to clean. Later, Mike learns how dirty dirt becomes clean dirt as he sterilizes soil in Oklahoma.
9:00 am
(60 minutes)
MythBusters
Myths Revisited
TV-PG, CC

Think the MythBusters always get it right the first time? In this episode, Jamie and Adam...with a little help from some viewers, revisit some of the most popular and controversial myths to find out if they can put their own experiements to the test!
10:00 am
(60 minutes)
MythBusters
Killer Tissue Box
TV-PG, CC

'Killer Tissue Box' is an investigation into whether a tissue box can become a lethal missile in a car crash. In 'Split Arrow' the build team tests whether an archer can split one arrow with another, as the legendary Robin Hood was said to have done.
11:00 am
(60 minutes)
MythBusters
Killer Brace Position
TV-PG, CC

Adam and Kari go to a local raceway and drive a skills course, while being distracted on the cell phone, and then after knocking back some beers, to find out which is more dangerous. And, in their own homemade mock airplane they test "the brace position."
12:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Collapse: When Structures Fail
 
TV-PG, CC

From tumbling cranes and exploding steam pipes in midtown Manhattan to collapsing bridges in Minneapolis, everything seems to be falling apart! Are our urban areas overburdening our infrastructure and causing it to crumble?
1:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Mega Engineering
City at Sea
TV-PG, CC

New Orleans is under siege. The old defenses - levees and canals - can't be counted on any longer. But some engineers are saying the way to save New Orleans is to build a floating city: a new New Orleans, buoyed up by the water, not drowning under it.
2:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Machines of Malice
Ancient Machines
TV-PG (V), CC

Ancient Machines deconstructs the ingenious technology behind some of antiquity's most dreaded devices: the Wickerman, the Brazen Bull, the Crucifix, and the matrix of deadly machines hidden under the Roman Coliseum.
3:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Machines of Malice
Going Medieval
TV-PG (V), CC

Going Medieval deconstructs deadly machines of the Middle Ages to reveal the inner-workings of such draconian devices as the Rack, the Skull Crusher and the Pendulum.
4:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Apocalypse How
Episode 1
TV-14 (V), CC

From the dawn of civilization, mankind has been preoccupied with its own demise. All of the world's major religions have their own theories about how and when the world will end. Apocalypse How asks : If the apocalypse is coming, what form will it take?
5:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Apocalypse How
Episode 2
TV-14 (V), CC

From the dawn of civilization, mankind has been preoccupied with its own demise. All of the world's major religions have their own theories about how and when the world will end. Apocalypse How asks : If the apocalypse is coming, what form will it take?
6:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Prehistoric Disasters
Asteroid Strike
TV-PG, CC

Dinosaurs arose as rulers of the Earth 250 million years ago, but their reign soon ended in catastrophe, paving the way for mammals and eventually humans to flourish. Evidence shows that a cosmic impact was responsible, but where did it hit Earth?
7:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Raging Planet
Lightning
TV-PG, CC

Witness the beauty and destruction of the biggest light show on Earth. State of the art high-speed cameras capture lightning for the first time, on a journey from the US to Venezuela and equatorial Africa.
8:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Raging Planet
Hurricane
TV-PG, CC

Experience the dramatic power and destructive potential of the largest storms on Earth.
9:00 pm
(60 minutes)
2012 Apocalypse
 
TV-PG (V)

December 21, 2012. Doomsday fanatics claim that this is when life on Earth will come to an end. But what does science have to say about this looming apocalypse? What real threats could possibly bring about cataclysmic changes on Earth in 2012?
10:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Storm Chasers
Inside the Tornado!
TV-PG (L)

Reed?s new radar propels him from aggressive chaser to extreme scientist, but getting too close to an EF2 is playing with fire.
11:00 pm
(60 minutes)
Raging Planet
Hurricane
TV-PG, CC

Experience the dramatic power and destructive potential of the largest storms on Earth.
 
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