Smithsonian TV Guide — Saturday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full Smithsonian TV guide for Saturday, 10 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

Ice Airport Alaska

S1 · E4 · Coronavirus Crisis Other

Coronavirus Crisis

The staff at Ted Stevens Airport are faced with U.S. evacuees trying to outrun the COVID-19 outbreak in China, a dangerous helicopter airlift and grueling snow.
01:00 1h

Ice Airport Alaska

S7 · E1 · Fuel's Gold Other

Fuel's Gold

Father-son aviators battle turbulence to refuel a remote mine, bush pilots fight an aerial jam to reach Alaska's biggest sled race.
02:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S11 · E12 · The Invisible Plane Documentary

The Invisible Plane

A small jet taxis in front of a large airliner and is destroyed, and the airliner tries to take off in spite of having lost an engine, but it cannot fly.
03:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S16 · E4 · Grounded: Boeing Max 8 True

Grounded: Boeing Max 8

Indonesian investigators work to understand why one of the world's best-selling new airplanes fell into the Java Sea.
04:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S15 · E10 · Carnage in São Paulo Documentary

Carnage in São Paulo

Members from the Brazilian Air Force team up with the National Transportation Safety Board to determine what caused a plane to crash seconds after takeoff.
05:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S12 · E3 · Caution to the Wind True

Caution to the Wind

During heavy rainstorms caused by a nearby typhoon, a pilot in Singapore taxis his jet airliner to the wrong runway because of poor visibility.

Morning

06:00 1h

Mayday: Air Disaster

S7 · E3 · Blown Apart True

Blown Apart

In 1989 a Convair 580 has a structural failure off the coast of Denmark after substandard replacement parts were used to couple the tail section to the fuselage
07:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E47 · Alaska's Call of the Wild Travel

Alaska's Call of the Wild

Alaska lures adventurers with picture-postcard beauty and unspoiled wildernesses, but its lethal dangers have claimed the lives of those who were unaware.
08:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E73 · Coasts Travel

Coasts

An aerial tour of coastlines in America showcases the history of the country's borders.
09:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E41 · Utah Travel

Utah

From the air, the Beehive State has an otherworldly beauty, with exotic geologic formations and the blinding white of the Bonneville Salt Flats.
10:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E60 · On the Water Travel

On the Water

In a certain area of the San Francisco Bay lie hundreds of ships that were sunken on purpose because they were left behind by immigrants who were moving inland.
11:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E63 · Natural Wonders Travel

Natural Wonders

A collection of aerial views of America's natural wonders includes the story of the original debates over how the Grand Canyon was formed.

Daytime

12:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E4 · Connecticut Travel

Connecticut

A tour of the historic state by air shows towns with colonial-era churches and meeting houses built around village greens as well as a 17th-century university.
13:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E5 · Tennessee Travel

Tennessee

An aerial tour of the width of the state reveals mountains and rivers, Civil War battlefields, and the cities where country music and the blues were born.
14:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E7 · Arkansas Travel

Arkansas

From the air, the green forests and the spectacular terrain of the Ozark Mountains and the wide Arkansas and Mississippi rivers are impressive sights.
15:00 1h

Aerial America

S1 · E17 · North Carolina Travel

North Carolina

The Tar Heel State has mountains, a picturesque coastline and the U.S.' first gold mine, and it is famed as the site of the Wright Brothers' first flight.
16:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S2 · E4 · Super Stallion Helicopter Science

Super Stallion Helicopter

Mike Davidson meets the US Marines' "Heavy Haulers" squadron as they keep their fleet of CH53 'Super Stallion' choppers in the air.
17:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S1 · E4 · Panama Canal Railway Science

Panama Canal Railway

Host Mike Davidson rides the Panama Canal Railway and reveals the track repairs such as an engine overhaul and the searches involved in keeping it rolling.

Evening

18:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S1 · E1 · Heli-Logger Science

Heli-Logger

Host Mike Davidson helps a crew haul millions of pounds of timber while fighting against the elements and handling emergency repairs as they journey on.
19:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S1 · E2 · Heavy Cargo Express Science

Heavy Cargo Express

Host Mike Davidson goes on board some heavy-hauling trains and learns about the logistical and mechanical challenges of a multimillion-dollar cargo delivery.
20:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S1 · E3 · Euro Hauler Science

Euro Hauler

On a massive million-dollar freight run across four European countries, the drivers, engineers and maintenance teams all have important roles to play.
21:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S4 · E7 · Scream Machines Science

Scream Machines

Host Mike Davidson works with the repair and construction teams of Australia's largest theme park and helps them finish an expensive expansion.
22:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S1 · E6 · Toronto Tunnel Science

Toronto Tunnel

Host Mike Davidson goes under one of the world's largest lakes to help with a multi-million-dollar tunnel boring project which is vital to a fast-growing city.
23:00 1h

How Did They Fix That?

S2 · E5 · Abandoned Oil Wells Science

Abandoned Oil Wells

Host Mike Davidson helps the Well Done Foundation with finding and capping the 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells that are leaking throughout the U.S.