See what's on this June on WNMU-TV! From the new show Walking With Dinosaurs from PBS, to programs commemorating Fathers Day and celebrating Pride Month, you won't want to miss the new and noteworthy shows coming to WNMU-TV this month.

Scroll down to learn about this month's featured programs. Shows are organized week by week. All programs are on 13.1 unless otherwise noted. Programs are also available to stream LIVE from our website, pbs.org or the PBS app.

June '24 Fundraiser: May 31–June 9

Make your donation during our June Fundraiser, running from Saturday, May 31 through Monday, June 9, with musical performances and prime time specials you won't want to miss. Enjoy live concerts from iconic musicians including Bruce Springsteen and Kris Kristofferson. Go behind the scenes of your favorite Masterpiece programs with The Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery! and Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light - Reflections by tuning in or streaming WNMU-TV PBS.

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June 1-7

Single-Use Planet

A search for the true headwaters of plastic entering the ocean finds more than it bargained for.

Sunday, June 1st, 7:00/6:00c

June '25 Fundraiser

Behind the Scenes: Leonardo da Vinci

Explore the making of the groundbreaking documentary about the artist’s towering achievements.

Sunday, June 1st, 8:00/7:00c

Search for the Cooper: A River Hidden in Plain View

Follow four teenagers who kayak, hike, and bushwhack for six days along the Cooper River in Camden County, NJ. They aim to find the source of the river, seventeen miles upstream from its mouth on the Delaware River.

Monday, June 2nd, 10:30/9:30c

June '25 Fundraiser

60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents)

The legends of 60's and 70's soul music return to perform their biggest hits. Featuring The Temptations, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Sam Moore and more in this first-time-ever classic R&B and soul compilation from 30 years of the TJL archive.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 8:00/7:00c

June '25 Fundraiser

The National Parks

The story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical.

Thursday, June 5th, 9:00/8:00c

Alice & Jack

Episode 6

Jack and Alice face their greatest obstacle. Can love really overcome anything?

Friday, June 6th, 9:00/8:00c

Great Performances

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet for Offenbach’s final work. Hoffmann’s trio of lovers are sung by Erin Morley as the mechanical doll Olympia, Pretty Yende as the plagued diva Antonia, and Clémentine Margaine as the Venetian seductress Giulietta.

Saturday, June 7th, 1:00a/12:00c

June '25 Fundraiser

From the Heart: A Tribute to Lawrence Welk

Join host Barbara Mandrell to celebrate the bandleader in a 1993 musical spectacular.

Saturday, June 7th, 7:00/6:00c

June 8-14

Living by the Lake

The spirited residents of Beverly Shores, IN, come together to protect their town from the rapidly rising waters of Lake Michigan.

Sunday, June 8th, 3:30/2:30c

Women Outward Bound

The story of the first group of young women to participate in Outward Bound in 1965.

Monday, June 9th, 10:00/9:00c

American Experience

Nazi Town, USA

Explore the rise of the German American Bund, a 1930s organization of American Nazis. With chapters across the country, the Bund represented what experts believe was a “genuine threat of fascist subversion in the United States.

Tuesday, June 10th, 9:00/8:00c

Nature

The Ocean's Greatest Feast

The story of South Africa’s sardine run is brought vividly to life on camera.

Wednesday, June 11th, 8:00/7:00c

NOVA

Extreme Airport Engineering

Follow the race to build a world-class airport on the site of one of America’s busiest flying hubs.

Wednesday, June 11th, 9:00/8:00c.

NOVA

London Super Tunnel

Thousands race to build Europe's biggest construction project–London's new railroad.

Wednesday, June 11th, 10:00/9:00c.

Great Performances

Aida

Watch Verdi’s grand opera starring vocal powerhouses Anna Netrebko & Anita Rachvelishvili.

Friday, June 13th, 9:00/8:00c

June 15-21

We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told

We Knew What We Had

The unrecognized history of jazz in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sunday, June 15th, 7:00/6:00c

Patience

The Paper Mountain Girl, Part 1

Detective Bea Metcalf is intrigued when Patience connects a suicide to other cases.

Sunday, June 15th, 8:00/7:00c

Grantchester

Season 10, Ep. 1

A suspicious death interrupts the Grantchester Easter celebrations. Alphy attempts to use the case as a distraction from his personal life.

Sunday, June 15th, 9:00/8:00c

Atlantic Crossing

The Attack

A year after visiting the U.S., the Norwegian prince and crown princess must flee.

Sunday, June 15th, 10:00/9:00c

Walking with Dinosaurs

The Orphan

Walking with Dinosaurs returns. Meet six iconic dinosaurs emerging from incredible digs. An orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly T. rex. Can she survive?

Monday, June 16th, 8:00/7:00c

Walking with Dinosaurs

The River Dragon

A Spinosaurus struggles to keep his family alive in the deadliest place in Earth’s history.

Monday, June 16th, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 06/25, 8:00/7:00c

Nature

Museum Alive with David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough explores London’s Natural History Museum, where extinct creatures come alive.

Monday, June 16th, 10:00/9:00c

Nature

Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster

Sir David Attenborough and experts unearth the fossil of the largest Jurassic predator.

Tuesday, June 17th, 10:00/9:00c

NOVA

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the Arctic’s cold and dark.

Wednesday, June 18th, 10:00/9:00c

A Juneteenth Special

The Route to Emancipation

Follow three friends on a 350-mile journey through Texas’ Black history to Juneteenth's origin.

Thursday, June 19th, 11:00/10:00c

A Juneteenth Special

Juneteenth Jamboree: From a Free Place to Displace

With the Galveston landing of U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger in 1865, slavery in Texas ended. African bondsmen became freedmen, and women and children likewise became African Americans. Today, the consequences of gentrification and rising property values challenge new generations.

Thursday, June 19th, 11:30/10:30c

American Masters

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Singer-songwriter Janis Ian overcomes homophobia, misogyny, and a life-threatening illness to produce an indelible body of work that continues to draw audiences around the world.

Friday, June 20th, 9:00/8:00c

Fruit: It Takes a Village to Save Lives

This film explores the necessity of providing positive guidance and opportunity to reimagine success for Black youth. It examines the story of Valiant Cross Academy Middle School in Montgomery, AL. The school puts a strong focus on developing character through rigorous academic lessons, discipline, and leadership training.

Saturday, June 21st, 7:30/6:30c

June 22-28

Brotherhood of the Broadaxe

“Tie Hacks” were legendary timber workers who made hand hewn cross ties for the nation’s railroads from the early 1900’s through WWII. These remarkable individuals, largely of Scandinavian descent worked through the long winters and the base of Wyoming’s rugged mountain ranges in isolated logging camps. First aired in December, 2005.

Sunday, June 22nd, 3:00/2:00c.