History Channel TV Guide and TV Schedule

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12:00 AM

Ancient Aliens

Host Giorgio Tsoukalos opens the series archives to celebrate ALIEN INVESTIGATORS that have been brave enough to ask the question, Are we alone in the universe? From a hardened skeptic turned true believer, a fearless reporter who investigated high strangeness, and a hotel manager who discovered otherworldly clues hidden in the distant past, could these investigators have uncovered proof of an ali

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1:00 AM

The Proof Is Out There

A newly released military video shows a mysterious object flying over a war zone, but is it a genuine UFO? Did a haunted antique shop really capture paranormal activity on camera? Was one family terrorized by Bigfoot for nearly a decade? And is a legendary creature lurking beneath the waters of a popular Chilean lake? Tony Harris and his team of experts examine the evidence to determine the truth.

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2:00 AM

History's Greatest Machines With Dolph Lundgren

Every once in a while, it's not the weapons and wars that redraw a new world order, but the ideas and inventions; with Dolph Lundgren leading the charge, witnessing the printing press that toppled kings, the Apple II computer dreamed up in a garage and the iconic Model T that put the world on wheels; these revolutionary machines didn't just reshape history, they created it.

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3:00 AM

Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo

The world's greatest fortunes often surface in the most unlikely places. From a Fabergé egg found at a humble flea market, to rare baseball cards hidden inside an old piano, or even a backyard sapphire worth a king's ransom. These treasures prove that sometimes one person's forgotten clutter can become another's once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

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4:00 AM

The Proof Is Out There

A newly released military video shows a mysterious object flying over a war zone, but is it a genuine UFO? Did a haunted antique shop really capture paranormal activity on camera? Was one family terrorized by Bigfoot for nearly a decade? And is a legendary creature lurking beneath the waters of a popular Chilean lake? Tony Harris and his team of experts examine the evidence to determine the truth.

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5:00 AM

History's Greatest Machines With Dolph Lundgren

Every once in a while, it's not the weapons and wars that redraw a new world order, but the ideas and inventions; with Dolph Lundgren leading the charge, witnessing the printing press that toppled kings, the Apple II computer dreamed up in a garage and the iconic Model T that put the world on wheels; these revolutionary machines didn't just reshape history, they created it.

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6:00 AM

Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny

Some missions are so risky, they're denied before they even begin; from a covert Mossad operation to abduct a Nazi war criminal in Argentina, identified through the smallest detail, the shape of his ears, to a chilling CIA plot that used a jazz tour as cover for an assassination attempt in the Congo; to Nazi-occupied Europe, where one resistance fighter volunteered to be captured and sent to Ausch

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7:00 AM

The Proof Is Out There

Could there be aliens hiding in the Amazon? Something crashes at a secret U.S. government testing site, but is it a UFO? Can a piece of meat be possessed by the devil? Strange writing and letters are found on a rock. Are they connected to one of the greatest mysteries in American History? Tony Harris and his team of experts dive into these claims to find the truth.

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8:00 AM

Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo

The world's greatest fortunes often surface in the most unlikely places. From a Fabergé egg found at a humble flea market, to rare baseball cards hidden inside an old piano, or even a backyard sapphire worth a king's ransom. These treasures prove that sometimes one person's forgotten clutter can become another's once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

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9:00 AM

M*A*S*H

Brokenhearted Klinger loses his wife for the second time.

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9:30 AM

M*A*S*H

Maj. Charles Winchester assumes command of the 4077th.

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10:00 AM

Rust Valley Restorers

Mike and Avery try to get an auctioneer to help them downsize their collections, but Avery scares him off; frame issues leave Mike's restoration of a Diamond T truck dead in the water.

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11:00 AM

Lost Car Rescue

Tension grows among the team as they try to fill the trailer with pre-war vehicles across railway ghost towns.

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12:00 PM

Deadman's Curse

The final words of a lifelong gold hunter send Adam, Kru and Daryl Friesen through an icy gauntlet high above Pitt Lake.

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1:00 PM

Rust Valley Restorers

Mike and Avery try to get an auctioneer to help them downsize their collections, but Avery scares him off; frame issues leave Mike's restoration of a Diamond T truck dead in the water.

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2:00 PM

Lost Car Rescue

Tension grows among the team as they try to fill the trailer with pre-war vehicles across railway ghost towns.

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3:00 PM

Border Security: America's Front Line

CBP has beef with a traveler when they discover undeclared meat in his fiancé's luggage.

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3:30 PM

Border Security: America's Front Line

In Buffalo, officers search the vehicle of an American permanent resident; CBP are perplexed by a batch of ceramic pastries.

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4:00 PM

M*A*S*H

With a bottle of wine, Hawkeye goes looking for romance.

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4:30 PM

M*A*S*H

Klinger becomes a hero when an explosion rocks the operating room.

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5:00 PM

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

Uncovering the downright dangerous gigs of the past, from mercury-poisoned hatmakers to kids crawling through chimneys and projectionists fleeing fiery blazes.

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6:00 PM

History's Deadliest With Ving Rhames

From ancient battles at Cannae and Agincourt, to World War II's Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Stalingrad; these are history's deadliest conflicts.

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7:00 PM

History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman

A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam War.

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8:00 PM

History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman

An Iranian-American psychopath goes to the men's city jail in Orange County Jail in Southern California; before he gets sent to a higher security prison, he escapes by crawling up the plumbing chase and rappelling down the side of the prison.

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9:00 PM

M*A*S*H

With a bottle of wine, Hawkeye goes looking for romance.

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9:30 PM

M*A*S*H

Klinger becomes a hero when an explosion rocks the operating room.

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10:00 PM

History's Deadliest With Ving Rhames

From ancient battles at Cannae and Agincourt, to World War II's Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Stalingrad; these are history's deadliest conflicts.

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11:00 PM

The Proof Is Out There

A newly released military video shows a mysterious object flying over a war zone, but is it a genuine UFO? Did a haunted antique shop really capture paranormal activity on camera? Was one family terrorized by Bigfoot for nearly a decade? And is a legendary creature lurking beneath the waters of a popular Chilean lake? Tony Harris and his team of experts examine the evidence to determine the truth.

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12:00 AM

History's Greatest Machines With Dolph Lundgren

Every once in a while, it's not the weapons and wars that redraw a new world order, but the ideas and inventions; with Dolph Lundgren leading the charge, witnessing the printing press that toppled kings, the Apple II computer dreamed up in a garage and the iconic Model T that put the world on wheels; these revolutionary machines didn't just reshape history, they created it.

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1:00 AM

The Food That Built America

A beverage giant is challenged for dominance by two upstart companies from Brooklyn to revolutionize the beverage market and transform iced tea from a regional drink to a multi-billion-dollar American staple.

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2:00 AM

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

When being young meant testing the limits of what our bodies could survive; from launching our bikes off homemade ramps and playing chicken in traffic, to using dangerous construction sites as our playground, childhood adventure was often intertwined with how far you were willing to go--and the consequences that came with it; armed with cherry bombs, slingshots, and more confidence than caution, w

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3:00 AM

History's Deadliest With Ving Rhames

From ancient battles at Cannae and Agincourt, to World War II's Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Stalingrad; these are history's deadliest conflicts.

1h
4:00 AM

The Food That Built America

A beverage giant is challenged for dominance by two upstart companies from Brooklyn to revolutionize the beverage market and transform iced tea from a regional drink to a multi-billion-dollar American staple.

1h
5:00 AM

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

When being young meant testing the limits of what our bodies could survive; from launching our bikes off homemade ramps and playing chicken in traffic, to using dangerous construction sites as our playground, childhood adventure was often intertwined with how far you were willing to go--and the consequences that came with it; armed with cherry bombs, slingshots, and more confidence than caution, w

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6:00 AM

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

Uncovering the downright dangerous gigs of the past, from mercury-poisoned hatmakers to kids crawling through chimneys and projectionists fleeing fiery blazes.

1h
7:00 AM

History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman

A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam War.

1h
8:00 AM

History's Greatest Escapes With Morgan Freeman

An Iranian-American psychopath goes to the men's city jail in Orange County Jail in Southern California; before he gets sent to a higher security prison, he escapes by crawling up the plumbing chase and rappelling down the side of the prison.

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9:00 AM

M*A*S*H

With a bottle of wine, Hawkeye goes looking for romance.

1h
9:30 AM

M*A*S*H

Klinger becomes a hero when an explosion rocks the operating room.

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10:00 AM

Rust Valley Restorers

With his car auction fast approaching, Mike strategizes how to draw a bigger crowd; James West takes on his most challenging build yet -- turning a 1955 Cadillac into a 70s-inspired Street.

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11:00 AM

Lost Car Rescue

Matt's final mission is for all thing's fast; the team hunts down muscle cars and racing legends to preserve priceless history.

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12:00 PM

Deadman's Curse

An old map connected to testimony from an 1891 eyewitness account of Slumach's hanging sheds light on the legend.

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1:00 PM

Rust Valley Restorers

With his car auction fast approaching, Mike strategizes how to draw a bigger crowd; James West takes on his most challenging build yet -- turning a 1955 Cadillac into a 70s-inspired Street.

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2:00 PM

Lost Car Rescue

Matt's final mission is for all thing's fast; the team hunts down muscle cars and racing legends to preserve priceless history.

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3:00 PM

Border Security: America's Front Line

A family risks losing their stacks of cash; officers are on high alert after an American declares he is packing heat; CBP suspect a traveler is pulling a con job with his US work visa.

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3:30 PM

Border Security: America's Front Line

A CBP canine tracks a THC-toting traveler.

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4:00 PM

M*A*S*H

The 4077th suffers a long, sleepless night during a scorching heat wave.

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4:30 PM

M*A*S*H

Hawkeye builds a monument to 4077th patients.

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5:00 PM

The Food That Built America

A keen-eyed immigrant, a candy mogul, and two pasta-making brothers reinvent rice for America's kitchens by making it faster, easier and impossible to resist, but it'll take a massive global conflict, and a battle of innovations, to turn rice into riches.

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6:00 PM

The Toys That Built America

A young machinist in England invents one of the world's most successful toys when he creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox for his daughter to take to school; Elliot Handler creates one of the biggest toy rivalries in history.

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7:00 PM

The Toys That Built America

Milton Bradley creates one of America's first board games, but the Parker brothers threaten Bradley's reign.

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8:00 PM

The Mega-Brands That Built America

A pair of garage tinkerers, a copier company's secret lab, and a college-dropout programmer spark a decades-long battle for the future of computing - shrinking the computer from a room-sized machine to the device billions carry every day.

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9:00 PM

M*A*S*H

The 4077th suffers a long, sleepless night during a scorching heat wave.

1h
9:30 PM

M*A*S*H

Hawkeye builds a monument to 4077th patients.

1h
10:00 PM

The Food That Built America

A keen-eyed immigrant, a candy mogul, and two pasta-making brothers reinvent rice for America's kitchens by making it faster, easier and impossible to resist, but it'll take a massive global conflict, and a battle of innovations, to turn rice into riches.

1h
11:00 PM

The Food That Built America

A beverage giant is challenged for dominance by two upstart companies from Brooklyn to revolutionize the beverage market and transform iced tea from a regional drink to a multi-billion-dollar American staple.

1h
12:00 AM

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler

When being young meant testing the limits of what our bodies could survive; from launching our bikes off homemade ramps and playing chicken in traffic, to using dangerous construction sites as our playground, childhood adventure was often intertwined with how far you were willing to go--and the consequences that came with it; armed with cherry bombs, slingshots, and more confidence than caution, w

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The History channel TV guide helps viewers navigate daily programming, track show times, and discover upcoming broadcasts. Whether you are checking today's schedule or searching for specific TV guide listings for tonight, this guide provides the overview needed to plan your television viewing.

About the History Channel

History is a global television network dedicated to historical programming, documentaries, non-fiction television, and factual entertainment. The channel's schedule features a mix of historical investigative series, observational documentaries, reality programming, and special event features focusing on world history, science, military history, and human endeavor.

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Using a reliable TV guide allows viewers to stay updated on daily and weekly television schedules. The History programming grid is typically organized chronologically, displaying early morning, daytime, primetime, and late-night broadcast blocks.

Key information provided within the schedule listings includes:

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Because broadcast schedules can shift due to special events, live broadcasts, or network updates, checking the schedule regularly ensures you do not miss upcoming episodes.

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What is on History tonight?

Tonight's programming on History typically features primetime non-fiction series, documentary premieres, and featured investigative shows. Check the TV guide listings for tonight to see the specific schedule for your area.

Where can I find the official History TV schedule?

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How far in advance can I check History TV listings?

Most television guides provide schedules ranging from 7 to 14 days in advance, allowing viewers to check upcoming programs and plan future viewing.