NOVA
GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE - NEW 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 7 PM

Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine as the U.S. witnesses its last total solar eclipse until 2044. This extraordinary astronomical event is plunging locations in the path of totality into darkness for more than four minutes – nearly twice as long as the last American eclipse in 2017.
 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/03/2024 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/04/2024 @ 12:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/05/2024 @ 4:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/07/2024 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/07/2024 @ 11:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/08/2024 @ 7:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/09/2024 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/09/2024 @ 11:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/10/2024 @ 7:00 AM

NOVA
SECRETS OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 9 PM

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolutions, fires, and earthquakes. NOVA joins a team of master craftsmen who build a scale model of a typical palace in a seismic lab, then subject it to simulated earthquakes to shake out the secrets of how the Forbidden City has withstood centuries of violent tremors.
 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/03/2024 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/04/2024 @ 1:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/05/2024 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 04/07/2024 @ 1:00 AM

NATURE
RAPTORS: A FISTFUL OF DAGGERS - NEW
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 & 17, 7 PM

See the extreme ways in which raptors conquer the most challenging habitats on Earth. From snowy owls in the high Arctic to honey buzzards raiding hornet nests in Taiwan, raptors can hunt prey in any climate.
 

Episode:  "MEET THE RAPTORS"

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/10/2024 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/12/2024 @ 3:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/14/2024 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/14/2024 @ 11:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/15/2024 @ 7:00 AM
   

Episode:  "EXTREME LIVES"

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/17/2024 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/19/2024 @ 3:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/21/2024 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/21/2024 @ 11:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/22/2024 @ 7:00 AM

NOVA
ANCIENT MAYA METROPOLIS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 9 PM

The ancient ancestors of today’s Maya people thrived in large, sophisticated cities across Central America for centuries. Why, around 750 CE, did they begin to abandon many of their major cities? Archaeologists investigate dramatic new evidence of the catastrophic droughts and instability that pushed cities beyond their limits.
 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/10/2024 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/11/2024 @ 1:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/11/2024 @ 12:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/12/2024 @ 4:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/16/2024 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/16/2024 @ 11:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/17/2024 @ 7:00 AM

NOVA
MAKING NORTH AMERICA: ORIGINS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 9 PM

The epic three billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From the palm trees that once flourished in Alaska to titanic eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover how forces of almost unimaginable power gave birth to North America.
 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/17/2024 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/18/2024 @ 1:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/18/2024 @ 12:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/19/2024 @ 4:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/23/2024 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/23/2024 @ 11:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/24/2024 @ 7:00 AM

NOVA
MAKING NORTH AMERICA: LIFE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 9 PM

How did life emerge on our primeval continent? Why was North America home to so many iconic dinosaurs like T. rex? And how did a vast sea filled with giant marine reptiles cover Kansas? We tell the surprisingly intertwined story of life and the landscape in North America.
 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/24/2024 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/25/2024 @ 1:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/25/2024 @ 12:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/26/2024 @ 4:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/30/2024 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/30/2024 @ 11:00 PM