Monday 10/1/2012

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Noon EDT

KET: WordWorld; #109 "Duck's First Sleepover Party/One Hat Fits All" [TV-Y]; Duck attends his first sleepover party, but he's nervous about not sleeping in his nest for the first time. On a windy day in WordWorld, Sheep loses her magician's hat. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18200 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Distinguished Kentuckian; #110 "Margaret Willis" [TV-G]; Margaret Willis served as state librarian from 1954 to 1972, under six different governors. A 1977 KET production. Watch Online

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #118 "Mac's Secret Dog Club/The Dog Park" [TV-Y]; Mac's new club is a little too exclusive, and Mr. Bleakman's efforts to make the park off-limits to dogs backfire when he realizes that he misses the noise they make. [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: A Place of Our Own; #6072 "Building Vocabulary" [TV-G]; It's important for adults to elaborate on the simple words that children begin uttering and introduce them to new experiences as a way of building vocabulary. [High-Definition]

KET2: Caillou; #412 "Knowing I'm Growing" [TV-Y]; Caillou's feet are growing, so Mommy takes him to the store to get a new pair of shoes. Having outgrown his favorite shirt, Caillou gives it to his favorite teddy bear to wear. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #406 "David Jones (Part 2)"; Bill continues his discussion with David Jones, founder and former president of Humana, about current health care issues. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, Humana is the largest (by revenues) Fortune 500 company headquartered in Kentucky. A 2009 KET production. Watch Online

1:30

KET: A Place of Our Own; #6092 "Drawing and Literacy" [TV-G]; Encourage children to draw things which look realistic. Drawings have to make sense from the child's point of view â€“ not our own. Also, encourage kids to tell stories about their drawings. [High-Definition]

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #110 "Daniel Shares His Tigertastic Car/Katerina Shares Her Tutu" [TV-Y]; Daniel has a new toy car and struggles to share it with the others. Daniel and Katerina decide to perform a Jungle Dance show but need to find a way to share the same tutu. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #152 "Bill Samuels"; Bill Samuels Jr., president of Maker's Mark Distillery, talks about his family's history in the bourbon business. A 1980 KET production.

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #157 "The Story of Mother Goose" [TV-Y]; Red is writing a new song but gets stuck because she simply can't think of the right word! To help her out, Super Why and his friends meet rhyming royalty - Mother Goose - just as she's starting to pen her legendary poems. Does Mother Goose pick her words at random, or is there a rhyme and reason to the way she composes her stories? [High-Definition]

KET2: Taste This!; #1003 "Experience The Taste of Thailand" [TV-G]; Chef Joseph prepares his favorite Udon noodle dish with Chinese cabbage and dashi broth. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Water Works: 150 Years of the Louisville Water Company; A documentary history of the Louisville Water Co., chartered as a private company in 1854 but almost wholly owned by the city by the time regular water delivery began on October 22, 1860. In the early 1900s, the Louisville Water Co. pioneered techniques for clearing mud and sand from river water that served as a model for many other city systems. Today, the Louisville water system serves all of Jefferson County with almost 3,000 miles of pipeline.

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #127 "Iggy Iguanodon/Shiny Can't Sleep" [TV-Y]; The Pteranodon family continues their World Tour and meets Iggy Iguanodon, a funny chap who shows them his unique way of walking while leading our family to some white cliffs where Dad is very excited to fish and dine! Shiny gets homesick while the Pteranodon family is away from home on their World Tour. She cannot sleep, so Mr. Pteranodon takes her around the Dinosaur Train and they observe the train at night and the activities of various nocturnal creatures. [High-Definition]

KET2: America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated; #1209 "Shake and Bake Reinvented" [TV-G]; Tasty recipes include the best nut-crusted chicken cutlets and crisp pan-fried pork chops. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Sludge; Examines the aftermath of an Eastern Kentucky environmental disaster: the massive October 2000 coal slurry spill in Martin County. Approximately 300 million gallons of coal waste broke through underground mine workings and entered the Big Sandy River, killing all aquatic life in more than 30 miles of river and damaging municipal water systems.

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #204 "No Night Today/Fun in the Sun" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally want to keep playing, but it's getting dark. They meet Astronaut Audrey and learn about the solar system. The kids meet Hilda the Hippo who teaches them that hippos make their very own sunscreen to protect them from the hot sun. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #134 "Formulas" [TV-G]; Shows how people use formulas in some practical situations and reviews commonly used formulas.

KETKY: Town Branch: Lexington's Historic Watershed; A look at the origins, history, and future of the historic waterway that runs under Lexington, including a local initiative to educate the public about stream health and create a greenway trail for pedestrians and bicyclists.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #130 "Unbalanced/Curious George vs. Winter" [TV-Y]; A performance by the Amazing Balancing Zucchinis convinces George that there's nothing he wants more in life than to be an acrobat. Later, with winter closing in, he wonders how he'll survive without all the fun summertime activities he loves. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pre-GED Connection; #101 "Getting Ideas on Paper" [TV-G]; Successful writers and adult learners share ideas on how to get started writing.

KETKY: Kentucky's Ohio River Towns; More than 650 miles of the Ohio River, from Catlettsburg in the east to Wickliffe in the west, form the northern border of Kentucky. Towns began to develop along the river in the 1790s, with each contributing to the growth of Kentucky and the movement west. Filmmaker Cory Lash explores the histories of 14 smaller river towns and their places in the history of the state as a whole. Produced with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #806 "Postcards from Buster" [TV-Y]; Buster is going to New York to meet his dad, and the Reads are going with him. [High-Definition]

KET2: Painting with Paulson; #1203 "Power Surge Part I" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Green Buildings; [TV-G]; Looks at green buildings from the Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, D.C. to the restoration of New Orleans. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #303 "The Invisi-Bill Hand/Birthday Town" [TV-Y7]; When Invisi-Bill and Big Left Hand Guy team up, Invisi-Bill quickly becomes jealous when he doesn't get any publicity for being the true villain that he is. WordGirl uses his need for fame to trick him into revealing himself. At "Mr. Big's Birthday Time All the Time Party Supply Store" all of the parents are going crazy! They think every day is their child's birthday. WordGirl has to find a way to shut off Mr. Big's mind control device and get the Birthday Girl to stop being so greedy. [High-Definition]

KET2: Painting and Travel with Roger and Sarah Bansemer; #313 "Portland Head Lighthouse" [TV-G]; Spend the day at one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world, Maine's Portland Head Lighthouse. Sarah speaks with the museum director and looks at some artifacts. Roger finds a good view to paint the famous lighthouse structure. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky-Ecuador Partners: Rock and Realization; The cultural exchange program between Kentucky and Ecuador is highlighted through a visit by Lexington band Beau Haddock and Highland Rim.

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #119 "Kickin' It with the Roos" [TV-Y]; When Chris and Martin meet up with a mob of Red kangaroos, they get their car keys stolen by a joey and have to figure out how to get them back from the tricky little guy. As they jump into the life of the roos to search for the missing keys, the brothers realize that animals live in different kinds of social groups and they have important behaviors that keep the group together and safe. [High-Definition]

KET2: The American Woodshop; #1913 "Turning Columns, Big and Small" [TV-G]; Window and wall treatments for dramatic interior design are highlighted. [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]

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #305 "Wiki Wiki Walter" [TV-Y]; A beatboxing competition gets interesting when Shock's old beatboxing pal Wiki joins the challenge. [High-Definition]

KET2: This Old House; #3126 "Barrington Project, Part 10 of 10" [TV-G]; Installing solar shades on the first floor, dividing up "his and hers" spaces in the master closet, a daughter's suite that employs timeless pieces and colors that allow the accessories to change as tastes change with age, and the guest room will do double-duty as an "away" space for adults. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #622 "Robert Penn Warren/Pennyroyal Museum" [TV-G]; The home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and novelist Robert Penn Warren, author of All the King's Men, at Guthrie in Todd County and a museum exhibit in Hopkinsville that pays tribute to early 20th-century "psychic healer" Edgar Cayce. A 2000 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17275 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #308 "Do-se-dos and Do-se-don'ts" [TV-Y]; Ruff is depressed because he accidentally painted his doghouse "dingy gray." To cheer himself up, he sends Sammy and DJ to learn how to square dance and Harsha and Jay off to the zoo to learn about gorillas and their habitat. [High-Definition]

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