WLRN Channel 17 TV Schedule

Tuesday, June 18
Time
Program
3:00 AM
Extreme Animals
“Fight Club; Mission Impossible”
A look at wildlife aggression includes lions, elephant seals, female hyenas and tiger sharks. Also: racing wolves on a Canadian mountain; kayaking through Canadian rapids; tagging turtles on an Australian beach; tracking an albatross.
4:00 AM
Wild!
“Camels' Empire”
Examining the natural history and behavior of camels, including the double-humped Bactrian of the Asian steppe; and the guanaco, a close relative of the camel from South America.
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5:00 AM
Nova
“Venom: Nature's Killer”
Chronicling the efforts of two venom scientists to collect samples from the world's deadliest species before the creatures die off in order to study the natural poisons, which could provide the building blocks for a new wave of advanced medicines.
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6:00 AM
Super WHY!
“Woofster Finds a Home”
In the Season 2 opener, the team gains a new member after Whyatt meets a puppy at a pet-adoption fair.
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6:30 AM
Dinosaur Train
“Shiny and Snakes; Tiny Loves Flowers”
Shiny overcomes her fear of snakes after she meets a huge Cretaceous snake; Mom remembers the Big Pond's blooming buttercups after Tiny's favorite buttercups wilt.
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7:00 AM
Curious George
“Color Me Monkey; Special Delivery Monkey”
George tries to re-create a unique painting after it's damaged; a lesson in counting helps George follow directions while delivering a pie.
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7:30 AM
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
“Flight of the Penguin; Let's Go Fly a Kite”
Cat introduces Nick and Sally to a bird that can't fly---his friend Percy the penguin. Then the kids learn about the wind when Cat takes them to Huff-Puff-Maguff to fly kites.
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8:00 AM
Thomas & Friends
“Marvelous Moments!”
Farmer Trotter asks Thomas to collect straw for piglets soon to be born; instead, Thomas collects things he thinks the piglets will like. Later, Thomas thinks he's carrying a lion when he's actually toting a statue.
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8:30 AM
Clifford the Big Red Dog
“Clifford and the Beanstalk; Itchy Patch”
It's Emily vs. Jetta for the lead in a school play (and it goes to the harder worker); Clifford has an itch but doesn't want to go to the doctor to have it treated.
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9:00 AM
Sesame Street
“The "A" Team”
Abby, Elmo and Telly join the A Team, which solves people's problems by using words that begin with the letter A.
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10:00 AM
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
“Be a Begetable Taster!; Daniel Tries a New Food”
Daniel's appetite for vegetables is whetted when he helps care for the school's vegetable garden; Miss Elaina encourages Daniel to try new foods when she has dinner with the Tiger family.
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10:30 AM
Dinosaur Train
“Shiny and Snakes; Tiny Loves Flowers”
Shiny overcomes her fear of snakes after she meets a huge Cretaceous snake; Mom remembers the Big Pond's blooming buttercups after Tiny's favorite buttercups wilt.
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11:00 AM
Sid the Science Kid
“The Broken Wheel”
Sid investigates how wheels work after one falls off his favorite toy truck.
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11:30 AM
Super WHY!
“Woofster Finds a Home”
In the Season 2 opener, the team gains a new member after Whyatt meets a puppy at a pet-adoption fair.
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12:00 PM
Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo
“Peep's Moon Mission; The Many Moons of Quack the Duck; Pocoyo: Talent Show”
Peep, Quack and Chirp argue about the moon's shape; Quack believes that there are many moons in the sky; Pocoyo and his pals stage a talent show.
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12:30 PM
Thomas & Friends
“Marvelous Moments!”
Farmer Trotter asks Thomas to collect straw for piglets soon to be born; instead, Thomas collects things he thinks the piglets will like. Later, Thomas thinks he's carrying a lion when he's actually toting a statue.
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1:00 PM
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
“Good Morning, Daniel; Goodnight, Daniel”
Daniel learns the importance of a morning routine when his playing and imagining distract him from getting ready for school; Daniel gets ready for bed even though he'd rather stay up and play.
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1:30 PM
Clifford the Big Red Dog
“Clifford and the Beanstalk; Itchy Patch”
It's Emily vs. Jetta for the lead in a school play (and it goes to the harder worker); Clifford has an itch but doesn't want to go to the doctor to have it treated.
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2:00 PM
Sesame Street
“Build a Better Basket”
Alan, Rosita, and Elmo put together a basket filled with goodies for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother's house, but she's concerned that it may not be strong enough to stand up to the Big Bad Wolf.
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3:00 PM
Martha Speaks
“Virtually Martha; Martha vs. Robot”
Martha is transported inside Alice's computer after she taps the wrong button; then Martha competes with a robotic mutt that Alice's folks bought.
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3:30 PM
Arthur
“I Wanna Hold Your Hand; Whistling in the Wind”
Binky's caught doing an uncool thing at the mall: holding his mother's hand; Tommy and Timmy Tibble look and act the same, but Tommy can whistle while Timmy can't.
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4:00 PM
WordGirl
“Robo-Camping; The Stew, the Proud...”
Tobey takes his robots on a camping trip with Becky and Violet, thinking he can use them to do his work. But a thunderstorm may spoil his plan. Also: Becky needs to return her library books, but a Raul Demiglasse-Butcher showdown may waylay her.
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4:30 PM
Wild Kratts
“Octopus Wildkratticus”
The gang observes a strange octopus species while searching for the Creature Power Suits, which Martin accidentally knocked into a deep Arctic trench.
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5:00 PM
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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5:30 PM
Curious George
“Junky Monkey; Jumpy Warms Up”
George sets out to clean up his neighborhood, but where others see trash he sees treasure; George and the Man With the Yellow Hat have an unexpected guest: a squirrel named Jumpy.
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6:00 PM
Curious George
“Color Me Monkey; Special Delivery Monkey”
George tries to re-create a unique painting after it's damaged; a lesson in counting helps George follow directions while delivering a pie.
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6:30 PM
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
“You Should Be Dancing; Batty for Bats”
Nick and Sally can't finish a dance without falling down, so Cat takes them to meet a great dancer: Tango, a bird of paradise, who teaches them how to maintain their balance. Later, Sally and Nick meet a bat named Zapita.
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7:00 PM
Nature
“The Private Life of Deer”
Night-vision cameras and GPS tracking equipment provide glimpses into the lives of white-tailed deer, of which some 30 million live in the U.S.
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8:00 PM
Nova
“Decoding Neanderthals”
Examining evidence about Neanderthals that sheds light on the hominids, which died off some 30,000 years ago. Included: geneticist Svante Pääbo's 2010 reconstruction of the Neanderthal genome, which posits that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred.
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9:00 PM
Alaska's Marine Highway
A look at the Alaska Marine Highway System, which is a ferry service that operates along coastal Alaska.
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10:00 PM
The Blue Ridge Parkway: A Long and Winding Road
A documentary on the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway. Included: the secret deal between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a congressman to get it built; conflicts that came with its construction; and its impact on people along its route.
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11:00 PM
Wild!
“Camels' Empire”
Examining the natural history and behavior of camels, including the double-humped Bactrian of the Asian steppe; and the guanaco, a close relative of the camel from South America.
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