Smithsonian TV Guide — Monday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full Smithsonian TV guide for Monday, 26 October 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

How Did They Fix That?

S5 · E2 · Lava Wars Science

Lava Wars

Host Mike Davidson goes on a global journey to see the world's mightiest machines and meet the mechanics, engineers and technicians who keep them running.
01:00 1h

Ice Airport Alaska

S7 · E4 · Live And Let Fly Other

Live And Let Fly

An exploration of the typically dangerous conditions at Ted Stevens International Airport in Alaska highlights the dedicated crews that keep passengers safe.
02:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E2 · Running on Empty Documentary

Running on Empty

A cargo plane approaching its destination runway in Cincinnati suddenly has both engines flame out, sending the whole plane down in a nearby golf course.
03:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E3 · Power Struggle Documentary

Power Struggle

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed into the Java Sea after a hard left bank, revealing deadly defects in the investigation that followed.
04:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E4 · Second Thoughts Documentary

Second Thoughts

Amid heavy fog and a rushed approach, Luxair Flight 50 falls out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport.
05:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E5 · Powerless Plunge Documentary

Powerless Plunge

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

Morning

06:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E6 · Cabin Chaos Documentary

Cabin Chaos

After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret U.S. Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.
07:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E7 · Deadly Climb Documentary

Deadly Climb

In 1985, the deadliest year in civilian aviation, a DC-9 commuter plane crashes seconds after take-off from Milwaukee.
08:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E8 · Firebomber Down Documentary

Firebomber Down

Experts analyze and discuss a massive C-130 firebomber that crashes dramatically while battling an epic devastating Australian wildfire.
09:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E9 · Collision Catastrophe Documentary

Collision Catastrophe

German investigators are stumped when two planes collide while flying in the skies over southern Germany.
10:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E1 · Pacific Ditching Documentary

Pacific Ditching

Two pilots who bailed on their cargo jet over the Pacific Ocean believed they'd lost both engines, but as the wreckage washed ashore, a different story emerged.
11:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S25 · E10 · Fatal Test Flight Documentary

Fatal Test Flight

Airborne Express Flight 827 stalls and crashes into mountainous terrain during a post-modification functional evaluation flight, killing 6 six occupants.

Daytime

12:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S23 · E4 · Power Play Documentary

Power Play

When a turboprop loses power to the engine and crashes, the investigators discover a fatal defect which is in Dash 8s all over the world.
13:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S23 · E10 · Mystery over the Mediterranean Documentary

Mystery over the Mediterranean

A controversial theory emerges six years after EgyptAir Flight 804 falls into the Mediterranean Sea and the Egyptian authorities assume an act of terrorism.
14:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S18 · E10 · Dead of Winter Documentary

Dead of Winter

On November 15, 1987, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Denver, and the investigation reveals some chilling facts.
15:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S19 · E1 · Deadly Descent Documentary

Deadly Descent

A skilled captain manages to save his crippled aircraft and everyone on board, and then it's up to investigators to track down the microscopic culprit.
16:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S16 · E4 · Deadly Detail Documentary

Deadly Detail

On August 20, 2007, China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-800, caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
17:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S2 · E6 · Snowbird Ski Resort Science

Snowbird Ski Resort

Host Mike Davidson and his team travels to one of the most extreme avalanche-prone ski mountains to keep it safe with shovels, snowcats and a WWII Howitzer.

Evening

18:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S3 · E8 · Extreme Heights: Rope Access Repairs Science

Extreme Heights: Rope Access Repairs

Host Mike Davidson decides to push his limits by working with a team of elite high ropes techs and helping them with fixes that 45 stories up a skyscraper.
19:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S2 · E8 · Philadelphia Transit Science

Philadelphia Transit

Mike Davidson is in Philadelphia visiting the team that maintains one of America's oldest and largest mass transit systems.
20:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S3 · E4 · Water Bombers: Fixing Aerial Firefighters Science

Water Bombers: Fixing Aerial Firefighters

Mike works with an aerial firefighting company, fixing and converting a 1960's C130 plane military aircraft into a waterbomber ready for wildfire season.
21:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S3 · E3 · ITER Science

ITER

Host Mike Davidson goes on a global journey to see the world's mightiest machines and meet the mechanics, engineers and technicians who keep them running.
22:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S2 · E2 · Deep Space Telescope Science

Deep Space Telescope

Host Mike Davidson goes to the remote Atacama Desert in Chile to work with a team at observatory ALMA to repair some of the world's biggest antennas.
23:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S3 · E3 · ITER Science

ITER

Host Mike Davidson goes on a global journey to see the world's mightiest machines and meet the mechanics, engineers and technicians who keep them running.