Science TV Guide — Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Browse the full Science TV guide for Tuesday, 19 May 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

Secrets of the Underground

S1 · E6 · Great Lakes Bermuda Triangle Documentary

Great Lakes Bermuda Triangle

Rob Nelson goes into a cave to gather evidence of a mass extinction; an investigation goes underway about phenomenon that is responsible for missing ships.

01:00 1h

Secrets of the Underground

S1 · E6 · California's Hidden Doomsday Documentary

California's Hidden Doomsday

Rob investigates major fault lines that are capable of starting a mega-quake; Rob explores a sinkhole that some think leads to the center of the Earth.

02:00 1h

Secrets of the Underground

S1 · E1 · American Stonehenge Documentary

American Stonehenge

Rob investigates the Underwater Stonehenge at the bottom of Lake Michigan; Rob uses technology to search for rumored escape tunnels in an Alcatraz prison.

03:00 1h

Secrets of the Underground

S1 · E6 · Great Lakes Bermuda Triangle Documentary

Great Lakes Bermuda Triangle

Rob Nelson goes into a cave to gather evidence of a mass extinction; an investigation goes underway about phenomenon that is responsible for missing ships.

04:00 1h

Secrets of the Underground

S1 · E3 · Capone's Escape Tunnels Documentary

Capone's Escape Tunnels

Rob investigates the rumors of an underground escape passage used by Al Capone; Rob tries to uncover who or what created a vast landscape of earthen mounds.

05:00 1h

Dino Hunters

S1 · E6 · The Verdict is in: Nano or T-Rex Documentary

The Verdict is in: Nano or T-Rex

Clayton Phipps finds out if his carnivore skeleton belongs to a T-Rex or nanotyrannus; Mike Harris and Aaron Bolan dig at a promising new site in Wyoming.

Morning

06:00 1h

Secrets of the Underground

S1 · E4 · America's Buried Massacre Documentary

America's Buried Massacre

Rob goes on a hunt for a grave that could reveal the dark secret of America's industrial past; Robs uses technology to find out why a lake is disappearing.

07:00 1h

BattleBots

S3 · E18 · It's Tournament Time Game/Quiz

It's Tournament Time

The Sweet 16 round features Tombstone, Minotaur and Lock-Jaw fighting in an attempt to become the 2018 "BattleBots" World Champion.

08:00 1h

BattleBots

S3 · E19 · The Tournament Game/Quiz

The Tournament

Eight world-class bots face off with one another during a chance to earn a place in the final four of the BattleBots World Championship.

09:00 1h

BattleBots

S3 · E20 · Championship Night Game/Quiz

Championship Night

Four bots remain on championship night and face off with one another in an epic series of battles that determine the 2018 BattleBots World Champion.

10:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S10 · E4 · Dark History of Earth Documentary

Dark History of Earth

Experts explore how the Earth has teetered on the verge of destruction, and how chaos and catastrophe may be vital ingredients for a living planet.

11:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S6 · E17 · Mystery of Spacetime Documentary

Mystery of Spacetime

Experts explain how spacetime is the secret structure that controls time, light and energy and is what will determine the fate of the universe.

Daytime

12:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S6 · E7 · Death of the Milky Way Documentary

Death of the Milky Way

Experts use the latest science to discover why the Milky Way is dying.

13:00 1h

Phantom Signals

S1 · E1 · Curse of the Lost Cosmonaut Science

Curse of the Lost Cosmonaut

Radio operators catch a haunting voice, which suggests that the Soviets lost a cosmonaut; Vietcong soldiers are tormented by voices in the jungle.

14:00 1h

Phantom Signals

S1 · E6 · Omen of the Pharaoh's Wail Science

Omen of the Pharaoh's Wail

Experts investigate claims that massive statues guarding the tomb of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian pharaoh can sing using cutting-edge technology.

15:00 1h

Phantom Signals

S1 · E2 · Alien Evidence: The Holy Grail Science

Alien Evidence: The Holy Grail

When a powerful radio beam originating from deep space is detected by experts on Earth, some suspect it's hard evidence of extraterrestrial life.

16:00 1h

Phantom Signals

S1 · E5 · To Catch a UFO Science

To Catch a UFO

A pilot chases and tries to intercept a UFO but vanished forever; A small portion of the planet's population is plagued by a mysterious, cacophonous hum.

17:00 1h

Phantom Signals

S1 · E4 · The Ghost on the Radio Science

The Ghost on the Radio

A mysterious call is picked up by radio operators across North America; A monstrous storm threatens everything in its path, but it never materializes.

Evening

18:00 1h

Phantom Signals

S1 · E3 · Soviet Doomsday Warning Science

Soviet Doomsday Warning

Leading experts fear the worst if a cold war era radio station from Russia stops broadcasting a 24/7 inexplicable signal; An astronaut hears knocking.

19:00 1h

Strange Evidence

S8 · E10 · Roadside Inferno True

Roadside Inferno

A bus in the Italian countryside is found spewing powerful jets of fire; experts consider whether the vehicle was being used as a type of weapon.

20:00 1h

Strange Evidence

S8 · E5 · Japanese Mermaid Mystery True

Japanese Mermaid Mystery

A monk unveils what looks like the corpse of a mermaid; experts investigate the possibility that the strange figure was a hominid evolved to live in the ocean.

21:00 1h

Strange Evidence

S8 · E20 · Tombstone Tourist True

Tombstone Tourist

Two nighttime explorers find a figure that is skulking around in an open grave; experts consider whether this person could be a tombstone tourist.

22:00 1h

Strange Evidence

Costa Rican Hunchback True

Costa Rican Hunchback

A hunchbacked creature scurries out of the jungle in Costa Rica; experts consider if this could be a mythical beast or a person with a rare medical condition.

23:00 1h

Strange Evidence

Naked Super Soldier in Washington D.C. True

Naked Super Soldier in Washington D.C.

In D.C., a man chases after a car at superhuman speed and experts consider if the man could be the product of government attempts at creating a super soldier.

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