Sunday 9/30/2012

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

6:00 am EDT

KET: Sesame Street; #4305 "Me Am What Me Am" [TV-Y]; A very hungry Cookie Monster is waiting for Chris to finish baking cookies, but it's hard for him to wait! Chris offers Cookie Monster carrots to eat in the meantime, and he gobbles them all up. [High-Definition]

KET2: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly; #1604 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #107 "Jamie and Jesse Wells"; Jamie Wells is recognized as one of the finest Kentucky fiddlers today as well as one of the few that learned old-time fiddling from the last generation of great Kentucky fiddlers. He performs with special guest Jesse Wells. [High-Definition]

6:30

KET2: bookclub@ket; #801 "The Memory Keeper's Daughter"; Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Kim Edwards' debut novel about fraternal twins—a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome. A 2006 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Run That by Me Again; #104 "Eastern Kentucky vs. Morehead State, 1974"; Guests include Roy Kidd, Everett Talbert, and Robyn Hatley. A 1977 KET production.

7:00

KET: Curious George; #505 "Monkey Size Me/Metal Detective" [TV-Y]; It's hard being a little monkey in a big world. George tries to throw the Man with the Yellow Hat the perfect surprise party, but he orders a cake too big to fit in the freezer and he's too short to hang the decorations from the ceiling. George fantasizes about a life where everything is monkey-sized. There's no better way to spend a sunny afternoon than playing with your favorite robot on the beach. But when a sudden rainstorm has George and the Man with the Yellow Hat running for shelter, George is upset to learn that he left his robot resting in the sand. [High-Definition]

KET2: European Journal; #3039 "Dreams of a Spanish Gold Rush" [TV-RE]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2853 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

7:30

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #201 "Jumping on the Moon/Sneezy Riders" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally try to jump high enough to touch the moon. Nick keeps sneezing. [High-Definition]

KET2: Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique; #807 "Elongating Your Muscles" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bluegrass and Backroads; #919; Highlights include Old Kentucky Chocolates, Rustic Furniture, Coal Mining Museum, and the Owensboro BBQ Festival. [High-Definition]

8:00

KET: Super Why!; #152 "The Prince and the Pauper" [TV-Y]; Whyatt thinks his house is too loud while Princess Pea believes her home is too quiet! Would the friends be better-off if they switched places? To look for a solution, Super Why and his friends encounter two friends just as they are about to switch houses. A prince on the farm and a pauper in a castle soon leads to chaos and confusion! Where will everyone be the happiest? [High-Definition]

KET2: Wai Lana Yoga; #123 "Bend, Twist, and Release Tension" [TV-G]

KETKY: Louisville Life; #522 "Spirit of Jefferson/Kentucky Homefront/Lebowski Fest/Will Russell/Bernheim Forest" [TV-G]; Hop aboard the Belle Of Louisville's next door neighbor, the Spirit of Jefferson; the success of Kentucky Homefront, broadcasting diverse music on public radio, with founder and host John Gage; celebrate the ten year anniversary of Lebowski Fest; an interview with Will Russell, co-founder of the Lebowski Fest and owner of Why Louisville; and visit Bernheim Forest through the pages of Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, by Sharon A. Receveur and Tavia P. Cathcart. A 2011 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #204 "Shiny and Snakes/Tiny Loves Flowers" [TV-Y]; Shiny gets over her fear of snakes when Tiny challenges the Nature Trackers to meet the ultimate snake: the Sanajeh, a huge Cretaceous snake from what is now India. Tiny is horrified when her favorite buttercups all wilt, so Mom takes her and the family to the Big Pond, where she remembers seeing a whole lot of buttercups in bloom. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #126 "Physics" [TV-G]; Explores the physics involved in roller coasters, space flight, sound, electricity, and MRI technology.

KETKY: Comment on Kentucky; #3848; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with guest host Bill Bryant, WKYT-TV, Lexington. Guests: Tom Loftus, Frankfort bureau chief, Louisville Courier-Journal; Tom Martin, editor in chief, Business Lexington; and Nick Storm, reporter for Pure Politics, cn|2. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

9:00

KET: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #109 "A Trip To The Enchanted Garden/A Trip To The Crayon Factory" [TV-Y]; The Tiger family head all head to the Enchanted Garden where Mom Tiger shows Daniel the strawberry patch. Daniel Tiger, Miss Elaina, and Katerina Kittycat take a fun trip to the factory to see how crayons are made but O the Owl can't come because he's sick. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #127 "Passing the GED Math Test" [TV-G]; Advice on what to expect from and how to prepare for the GED math test, including information on the calculator used on the test.

KETKY: Connections with Renee Shaw; #804 "Rev. Kimberly Jones"; Renee talks with Miss Plus America, the Rev. Kimberly Jones from Louisville, about pageantry and how recognition of full-figured women affects body image of young girls. [High-Definition] Watch Online

9:30

KET: Sid the Science Kid; #125 "Climb, Ignatz, Climb!" [TV-Y]; Sid pretends that his stuffed animal panda is going on an adventure to the top of the playground slide. Sid and his friends make a plan and use simple machines like wheels, inclined planes, levers, and pulleys to get the panda all the way to the top of the slide! [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #128 "Number Sense" [TV-G]; Explores the language of math and how you can use logic and common sense to make number problems more manageable.

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #733 "Congressman Ben Chandler"; Bill speaks with U.S. Representative Ben Chandler (D-6th) about the upcoming 2012 election. [High-Definition] Watch Online

10:00

KET: To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe; #2129 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Biz Kid$; #305 "Escape the Box" [TV-G]; Discover how different families work out "allowances." Even basic financial planning starts now - learn how to manage your monthly income and expenses for vacations, education, and more. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Great Conversations; #212 "Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry" [TV-G]; Author Bill McKibben discusses his book Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, in which he challenges the prevailing view that "more" is synonymous with "better" and urges more local production and consumption of everything from food to entertainment. He is interviewed by Kentucky farmer and writer Wendell Berry. [High-Definition]

10:30

KET: Inside Washington; #2424 [TV-G]

KET2: Cyberchase; #122 "Model Behavior" [TV-Y]; To protect themselves from Hacker's constant attempts to capture cybersite Happily-Ever-After, the King and his fairy-tale subjects construct a glass Skywall. But Hacker unfolds a scheme to crack open the Skywall using the Wicked Witch's Voice, and the kids must construct a model of the situation to outwit him. [High-Definition]

11:00

KET: Moyers & Company; #138 "United States of Alec" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Jonathan Bird's Blue World; #306 "Sea Snakes, Symbiosis and Coral Spawning" [TV-G]; Jonathan travels to Australia and the Philippines to find snakes that live in the ocean, looks at fascinating and surprising underwater partnerships, and spends a week in Bonaire studying coral spawning. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1803 "Woo Hoo Pedicab/The Purple Onion/The Chitlin' Circuit/Central Kentucky Community Theatre"; The 3-wheeled bike taxis of Woo Hoo Pedicab offers a social and environmentally friendly means of transportation around the northern Kentucky city of Newport and across the river into Cincinnati; Dave pulls up a chair for Today's Special at The Purple Onion, a popular Central City restaurant; the city of Hopkinsville was a main stop along The Chitlin' Circuit, a national string of clubs where black recording artists could perform during the days of segregation; and in Washington County, the Springfield Opera House is the home of the Central Kentucky Community Theatre which offers a variety of musicals and plays. A 2012 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

11:30

KET2: This American Land; #209 "Arctic White Geese, Veterans in the Great Outdoors, Tracking a Coral Killer" [TV-G]; In Oregon, dedicated "citizen scientists" spend time studying Snow geese and Ross's geese at their stopover to the Arctic; join the Sierra Club's Stacy Bare, a U.S. Army veteran, on an adventure down the Colorado River, where veterans deepen their connections with the land, and one another; and what is killing Elkhorn coral in south Florida? [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Time Capsule; #113 "Can You Help Me?"; A look at juvenile delinquency in the 1970s. Watch Online

Noon

KET: The McLaughlin Group; #3040 [TV-RE]

KET2: Louisville Life; #522 "Spirit of Jefferson/Kentucky Homefront/Lebowski Fest/Will Russell/Bernheim Forest" [TV-G]; Hop aboard the Belle Of Louisville's next door neighbor, the Spirit of Jefferson; the success of Kentucky Homefront, broadcasting diverse music on public radio, with founder and host John Gage; celebrate the ten year anniversary of Lebowski Fest; an interview with Will Russell, co-founder of the Lebowski Fest and owner of Why Louisville; and visit Bernheim Forest through the pages of Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, by Sharon A. Receveur and Tavia P. Cathcart. A 2011 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Silas House - Visiting Author; Acclaimed Kentucky author Silas House discusses his book Eli the Good to an assembly at St. Catherine's College in Springfield, Kentucky. [High-Definition]