August 2023 History Programming

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays at 8 PM (preempted 8/15–8/29)
Wednesdays at 1 AM (preempted 8/16–8/30
Sundays at 1 PM (preempted 8/13–8/27)
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein
Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 10 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 3 AM
Saturday, Aug. 5, at 1 PM
Human Footprint
Wednesdays at 10 PM (ends 8/9)
Thursdays at 3 AM (ends 8/10)
Tuesdays at 5 PM (ends 8/15)
Lucy Worsley Investigates
Thursdays at 10 PM (preempted 8/17)
Fridays at 3 AM (preempted 8/18)
Country Music
Sundays at 4 PM (preempted 8/13–8/27)
The Queen and Her Prime Ministers
Sunday, Aug. 6, at 10 PM
Monday, Aug. 7, at 3 AM
Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 9 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 2 AM
The Tunnel
Monday, Aug. 7, at 5:30 AM
Ken Burns: The National Parks
Saturday, Aug. 12, at noon
Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 12:30 AM
Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 AM & 10 AM
The U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding
Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 2:30 AM
The Jewish Journey: America
Sunday, Aug. 20, at 9:30 AM
Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster
Friday, Aug. 25, at 4 PM
Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 9 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 2 AM
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Monday, Aug. 28, at 9 PM
Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 2 AM
Ringling, Akron and the ‘Blue Heaven’ Circuit
Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 8 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 1 AM
Friday, Sept. 1, at 5 PM
Nova, Arctic Ghost Ship
Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 8 PM
Thursday, Aug. 31, at 1 AM
Nova, Sunken Ship Rescue
Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 9 PM
Thursday, Aug. 31, at 2 AM
The Story of the D-Day Forecast: Three Days in June
Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 10 PM
Thursday, Aug. 31, at 3 AM
Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2)
Finding Your Roots
Thursdays at 7 PM
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Thursdays at 8 PM (ends 8/17)
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Friday, Aug. 4, at 9 PM
Sunday, Aug. 27, at 3 PM
We’ll Meet Again
Saturdays at noon
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein
Saturdays at 8 PM (ends 8/5)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths and Secrets
Sundays at 4 PM (ends 8/20)
American Masters, Norman Lear
Monday, Aug. 7, at 8 PM
Saturday, Aug. 12, at 2:30 PM
The Queen and Her Prime Ministers
Saturday, Aug. 12, at 8 PM
Sunday, Aug. 13, at 1 PM
Jackie Robinson
Saturdays, Aug. 12 & 19, at 9 PM
American Masters, Ailey
Monday, Aug. 14, at 8 PM
Saturday, Aug. 19, at 3:30 PM
Independent Lens, Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Monday, Aug. 14, at 9:30 PM
Saturday, Aug. 19, at 1 PM
Medici: The Art of Power
Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 10:30 PM
Ornament of the World
Friday, Aug. 18, at 9 PM
Secrets of the Dead, Archaeology at Althorp
Saturday, Aug. 19, at 8 PM
Sunday, Aug. 20, at 3 PM
Tales from the Royal Bedchamber
Sunday, Aug. 20, at 1 PM
American Masters, Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
Monday, Aug. 21, at 8 PM
Saturday, Aug. 26, at 3 PM
How Saba Kept Singing
Monday, Aug. 21, at 10 PM
American Masters, Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Friday, Aug. 25, at 9 PM
Monday, Aug. 28, at 8 PM
Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster
Saturday, Aug. 26, at 7 PM
WBCN and the American Revolution
Saturday, Aug. 26, at 9 PM
Independent Lens, Rat Film
Monday, Aug. 28, at 10 PM