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Wednesday 5/22/2013

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3:00 EDT

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #205 "Meet The Beetles/Tongue Tied" [TV-Y]; Three of the Cat's beetle friends help Nick and Sally protect their cookie jar. Nick and Sally learn about different tongues. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #108 "Grammar and Usage" [TV-G]; Reviews typical grammar and usage problems writers encounter.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #403 "Girl Meets Monkey/Curious George Ramps It Up" [TV-Y]; George opens the chicken coop at the Renkins' farm and finds a little girl?! Mrs. Renkins introduces George to Allie, her 5-year-old granddaughter who's spending her summer in the country. Allie is thrilled to meet George and practically runs out of breath asking him a million questions. Hundley takes it upon himself to return the toy a baby dropped in his lobby. But when George sees Hundley racing down the street with the toy in his mouth, George thinks he wants to play, and this delays Hundley. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pre-GED Connection; #112 "Themes in World History" [TV-G]; Major events, inventions, and ideas that have shaped the world and its cultures, from ancient Egypt to the modern Middle East.

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #519; Byron Crawford hosts a special two-hour edition featuring people and places along the state's eastern and northern borders. Topics include the restored pioneer community near Cumberland Gap known as the Hensley Settlement, Louisville's Fourth Street, the historical statues along Covington's riverfront, an annual Native American powwow in Christian County, the Paramount Theater in Ashland, the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in Paducah, the Maplewood Cemetery in Mayfield, television host Nick Clooney, a young rodeo champion, author Robert Rennick, thumb-picking guitarists, and canoeists exploring caves around Mammoth Cave. A 1999 KET production. Watch Online

4:00

KET: Arthur; #810 "Big Horns George/Bleep" [TV-Y]; George is inspired to write and perform his own blues song after hearing the music of Koko Taylor. But stage fright and self-doubt overwhelm him—until Koko and Taj Mahal encourage him to keep singing. D.W. embarks on a quest to discover the meaning of a mysterious and obviously powerful word she has heard. What will happen if she blurts out "Bleep!" to her parents? [High-Definition]

KET2: New Scandinavian Cooking; #404 "Back to The Roots" [TV-G]; Andreas creates an elegant surf-and-turf dish of redfish and langoustines cooked in lamb stock. He grills lamb over an open fire, Viking-style, and creates a delicious dessert made from Skyr, a special Icelandic dairy culture, served with local berries. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #102 "You Can't Crush City Hall/2-Brain Highway" [TV-Y7]; Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy is threatening to smush City Hall with his giant sandwich press. Dr. 2-Brains escapes from the Prison Warden's life-size maze during a week when there happens to be lots of rare cheese to steal from events around town. [High-Definition]

KET2: Ciao Italia; #2119 "Who Wants Pizza?/Chi Vuole Pizza?" [TV-G]; Mary Ann pulls out the stops to create an astonishingly different gourmet pizza that's topped with sweet caramelized onions, dried fig paste, and melted dots of sweet gorgonzola cheese. She also makes a Focaccine antipasto.

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #201 "Bad Hair Day" [TV-Y]; Chris and Martin try to help a lion named "He who breathes fire" get back to his pride. [High-Definition]

KET2: Rudy Maxa's World; #202 "Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands" [TV-G]; The Edinburgh International Festival features theater, comedy, dance, music, operas, street performances, and the famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. A trip north to the Highlands includes a ride on the Harry Potter Train; a look at the wild beauty of the Isle of Skye; and a side serving of the local delicacy, haggis. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2933 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #124 "Electric Accompany" [TV-Y]; Annie hypnotizes Keith to sing an annoying jingle. The Electric Company needs to cure Keith in time for him to perform the song he wrote for his dad's birthday. [High-Definition]

KET2: Travelscope; #505 "Guatemala's Semana Santa - Easter Week" [TV-G]; Throughout Guatemala, Easter Week (Semana Santa) is celebrated as the most significant and festive season. Joseph travels to Guatemala City, Antiqua, and Lago de Atitlan and discovers that while the observance is rich in Roman Catholic ceremony and tradition, at the same time it leaves room for the popular devotion and beliefs of the indigenous Mayan culture. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1406 "Jesse Stuart Foundation/Judy Geagley Bears/FIRST Lego League" [TV-G]; The Jesse Stuart Foundation, a small nonprofit book publisher in Ashland, continues the legacy of the acclaimed author, educator, and conservationist. Judy Geagley of Tollesboro designs and crafts teddy bears that are sold at high-end department stores in New York, Chicago, and Beverly Hills. And at Western Kentucky University, students and their hand-built robots compete in the Kentucky FIRST Lego League Competition. A 2008 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17142 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #411 "Blossom Bawls While Ruff Has a Ball with Balls" [TV-Y]; Ruff tries to market "Ruffball," a brand new game that's supposed to sweep the nation! Unfortunately, Ruffball is interesting for only about six seconds. Ruff sends Talia and Liza to meet with a physics teacher to learn how to make Ruffball a little more exciting; and he sends Sterling to a stadium to learn how to broadcast a baseball game on the radio. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #539; [High-Definition]

6:30

KET: Rep. Hal Rogers: One to One with Bill Goodman; #824; In Washington, D.C., Bill talks with U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-5th) about the issues topping his priority list and how they will impact the nation and Kentucky. A 2013 KET production. [High-Definition]

KET2: Cyberchase; #805 "The Bluebird of Zappiness" [TV-Y]; In an unlikely twist of events, Hacker and the CyberSquad team up to stop Cyberspace's newest villain, Ledge, and fix Motherboard's virus once and for all. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Connections with Renee Shaw; #831 "Beth Dotson Brown"; Renee speaks with Beth Dotson Brown, an award winning freelance writer and editor who lives in Lancaster, Kentucky. She is the author of Yes! I Am Catholic and contributor to A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors. [High-Definition] Watch Online

7:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10633 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions; #1305 "Luzern for Fun and Profit" [TV-G]; Burt explores the beautiful area surrounding the Swiss city of Lucerne and the Rosengart Museum. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Conversations with Champions; #201 "Tubby Smith"; Host Billy Reed talks to University of Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith - a man with a reputation for character-building and the last coach to bring an NCAA basketball title to the University of Kentucky ('98). [High-Definition]

7:30

KET2: The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman; #226 [TV-G]; Sheila Johnson discusses how she managed to keep her business growing through a recession. Plus, Ric discusses the continuing issues of racism in the world of business with restaurateur B. Smith. [High-Definition]

8:00

KET: Nature; #2912 "The White Lions" [TV-PG]; The story of two remarkable and extremely rare white lion cubs growing up on the savanna in South Africa. [High-Definition]

KET2: Great Performances at the Met; #706 "Rigoletto" [TV-PG]; Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi's towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke, Zeljko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Keeneland Legacy; "A Thoroughbred Tradition"; Traces the history of the Lexington-based thoroughbred racecourse and sales company, from its inception as Jack Keene's impossible dream to the reality of its current status as successful international icon for the industry. A Michael Breeding Media production.

9:00

KET: Nova; #3107 "Hunt for the Supertwister" [TV-PG]; During one of the worst tornado seasons on record, a camera team chases across the Midwest, capturing hair-raising footage of highly destructive twisters in action. Meanwhile, two scientists at the University of Oklahoma pursue radically different approaches to forecasting twisters: One relies on "virtual tornadoes" created inside supercomputers, while the other involves hunting down real-life storms to collect data firsthand. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Appalachians; #103 [TV-G]; As the 20th century begins, the phonograph and the radio expose the mountain people to new influences and take mountain music across America. But times are hard, and Appalachia falls into an economic depression even before the rest of the country. President Roosevelt's New Deal brings electricity, WPA and CCC jobs, and new infrastructure, and FDR becomes a hero in Appalachia. Then World War II begins taking many young people away from the mountains, and postwar mechanization replaces coal miners and sends more people to Northern cities in search of jobs. For those who try to stay home, it becomes harder to hold onto land as state and federal governments claim property for dams and family farmsteads are flooded. The 1960s War on Poverty again sends federal aid into Appalachia, but television and magazines show painful images of hunger and poverty, reinforcing the stereotype of the poor hillbilly.