Science TV Guide — Friday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full Science TV guide for Friday, 18 September 2026. 24 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S4 · E9 · America's Hidden Training Camp Science

America's Hidden Training Camp

A military base that trains soldiers to fight the Nazis; a basement in the Detroit suburbs becomes an essential part of the bootlegging scene.
01:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S4 · E4 · The Cult Hotel Science

The Cult Hotel

A dangerous cult seizes control of a worldwide communications facility; the world's most dangerous weapons; a common inn with a fascinating past.
02:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S4 · E5 · The Vermont Doomsday Gun Science

The Vermont Doomsday Gun

A lab creates devastating technology; a safe place for African Americans alters the country; the battle site between a Nazi submarine and a forgotten citadel.
03:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S4 · E9 · America's Hidden Training Camp Science

America's Hidden Training Camp

A military base that trains soldiers to fight the Nazis; a basement in the Detroit suburbs becomes an essential part of the bootlegging scene.
04:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S5 · E2 · The Lair of the Mothman Science

The Lair of the Mothman

A detailed look at the legend of the Mothman; a training facility in the desert for nuclear strike force; a church that kept people safe from racial violence.
05:00 1h

Greatest Mysteries Ever

S1 · E5 · Ramses II: The Greatest Pharaoh True

Ramses II: The Greatest Pharaoh

Rameses II reigned for 60 years, leading Egypt into a golden age, but despite his fame, mysteries linger about his wife Nefertari and the truth of his death.

Morning

06:00 1h

Greatest Mysteries Ever

S1 · E7 · El Dorado: Gold, Guns and Greed True

El Dorado: Gold, Guns and Greed

The legendary city of gold captivated Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, sparking endless quests fueled by greed for hidden treasures.
07:00 1h

BattleBots

S3 · E9 · Ice, Ice, Baby Game/Quiz

Ice, Ice, Baby

Icewave, a robot with a 15-horsepower Fireman's saw internal combustion engine, and Skorpios, a robot with a concrete saw, face off in a showdown.
08:00 1h

BattleBots

S3 · E10 · A Smashing Good Time Game/Quiz

A Smashing Good Time

Undefeated BattleBots Bronco and Duck! compete with one another in the battlebox as the race to the BattleBots World Champion starts to get competitive.
09:00 1h

NASA's Unexplained Files

S1 · E6 · Mystery Space Squid Science

Mystery Space Squid

A look is taken at an object above an Air Force test range that was reported as a flying saucer and swirling gases on Saturn that formed a perfect hexagon.
10:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S9 · E7 · Curse of the White Dwarf Documentary

Curse of the White Dwarf

While technically classified as small dead stars, white dwarfs are capable of incredible destruction and could be the key to understanding the universe.
11:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S9 · E2 · Mission to a Comet Documentary

Mission to a Comet

Data collected during the Rosetta mission's groundbreaking journey to land on a comet for the first time in human history reveals answers about life on Earth.

Daytime

12:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S11 · E9 · Most Violent Event in the Universe Documentary

Most Violent Event in the Universe

The collision of two supermassive black holes is the most violent event that can occur in the universe; experts explore where a black hole's energy originates.
13:00 1h

Forbidden History

S5 · E2 · The Stasi: Behind the Berlin Wall True

The Stasi: Behind the Berlin Wall

The host takes an in-depth look at hidden remnants of the Berlin Wall as the story of the Stasi, East Germany's State Security Service, is discussed.
14:00 1h

Forbidden History

S5 · E6 · Secret Societies: World Domination True

Secret Societies: World Domination

Experts investigate if there's any truth to conspiracy theories that suggest secret societies have controlled the course of world history.
15:00 1h

Forbidden History

Hitler's Treasure and the Monuments Men True

Hitler's Treasure and the Monuments Men

The Nazi war machine plundered every country it occupied, stealing millions of artworks and amounts of gold. This episode investigates what Hitler's plans were.
16:00 1h

Forbidden History

S5 · E4 · The Real James Bond True

The Real James Bond

Experts team up with a former spy to decipher fact from fiction when it comes to James Bond, who is one of the most famous characters in history.
17:00 1h

Forbidden History

S5 · E5 · The Dead Sea Scrolls True

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Experts investigate if there's a conspiracy surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ancient texts that the Vatican kept top-secret for decades.

Evening

18:00 1h

Forbidden History

Historical Jesus True

Historical Jesus

Featuring a look at the evidence surrounding the identity of Jesus Christ, who is the key figure in the New Testament, and examining evidence beyond the Bible.
19:00 1h

What on Earth?

S4 · E17 · Hunting the Ark of the Covenant Documentary

Hunting the Ark of the Covenant

Investigators are led to a crypt rumored to hold the Ark of the Covenant; when a great white shark is killed, experts suspect a mysterious ocean monster.
20:00 1h

What on Earth?

S4 · E18 · Forbidden City of Inca Gold Documentary

Forbidden City of Inca Gold

Treasure hunters may finally be able to locate the riches of the lost Incan city of untold wealth; a strange mountain in Egypt sparks an investigation.
21:00 1h

What on Earth?

S4 · E13 · North Korea's Forbidden Islands Documentary

North Korea's Forbidden Islands

Man-made islands are spotted near a North Korean missile facility; experts are led to investigate a lost city of giants; a strange discovery in Siberia is made.
22:00 1h

What on Earth?

S4 · E14 · Cannibals in the Ghost City Science

Cannibals in the Ghost City

An abandoned city in the African jungle could have a past filled with malevolent spirits and cannibals; Mount Vesuvius displays signs that it's awakening.
23:00 1h

What on Earth?

S4 · E15 · Curse of Medusa Documentary

Curse of Medusa

Experts investigate a strange glowing lake that reportedly turns things into stone; a structure in Africa is said to be the resting place of a mythical giant.

Early Morning

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Daytime

Evening

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