Friday 10/5/2012

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Noon EDT

KET: WordWorld; #113 "Robots to the Rescue!/Radio Read-a-Thon" [TV-Y]; When Frog discovers that you can make a word "more than one" by adding the letter s to the end of it, he goes a little crazy making more and more of everything. Duck asks Frog to read his favorite book on Ant's radio station because he can't read it himself, but Frog's tongue gets tangled in knots. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18204 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

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

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #122 "The Big Sleepover/Dog for a Day" [TV-Y]; Clifford makes it through a day without Emily Elizabeth just fine, but really misses her once it gets dark outside. Charley feels fed up with his human responsibilities and wishes he could be a dog, but a dream changes his mind. [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

1:00

KET: GED Connection; #110 "The GED Essay" [TV-G]; GED graduates describe test day and provide tips on writing the GED essay.

KET2: Caillou; #417 "All in a Day" [TV-Y]; Caillou plays a dressing game with Daddy's old clothes and goes a little overboard while "testing" the food for a picnic lunch. Daddy turns bathtime into playtime with a motorboat and a big bottle of bubble bath, and the family car breaks down. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #410 "Larry Conley"; Bills sits down with Larry Conley, Raycom Sports analyst and former UK basketball player, who discusses his time at UK with legendary Coach Adolph Rupp, his career, and how basketball has changed over the years. A 2009 KET production. Watch Online

1:30

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #121 "Problem Solving" [TV-G]; A process for solving basic math and word problems, either single- or multi-step.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #113 "Daniel Waits For Show And Tell/A Night Out At The Restaurant" [TV-Y]; Daniel is so excited to share a book he made with his class at "show and tell," but he's finding it very difficult to wait. Daniel and Katerina learn ways to make waiting time easier at a restaurant. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #156 "Jack Paxton"; An interview with Jack Paxton, editor of the Paducah Sun. A 1980 KET production.

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #162 "The Comic Book: Attack of the Eraser" [TV-Y]; Whyatt and his friends are playing kickball in the park when Wolfy erases the score! The super readers fly into a new kind of reading material - a comic book - called "Attack of the Eraser" to track down the diabolical Eraser who's causing trouble in Reader Valley. Will Super Why and his friends be able to stop Eraser from wiping out all of the words in Reader Valley - or have they finally met their match? [High-Definition]

KET2: Lidia's Italy In America; #114 "Eastern Seaboard: A Shell of a Good Time" [TV-G]; Joined by Esca's Dave Pasternack, Lidia visits with some of Long Island's local fishermen and goes clamming with one of Dave's good friends. Later, Tanya takes viewers on a tour of Boston's North End. [High-Definition]

KETKY: News Quiz; #2804 [TV-G]; [High-Definition] Watch Online

2:15

KETKY: DanceSense; #104 "The Elements of Dance"; Examines the "language of dance": space, time, and energy. Watch Online

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #205 "Buddy Explores The Tyrannosaurs/Rainy Day Fight" [TV-Y]; Buddy, an adopted T. rex, wishes he knew more about his ancestors. So, Dad takes him and Tiny on the Dinosaur Train back to the early Cretaceous, to visit Rodney Raptorex. The kids are stuck cooped up in the nest for a long, rainy spell which leads to them fighting. [High-Definition]

KET2: Simply Ming; #920 "Michael Ruhlman & Salt" [TV-G]; Author and chef Michael Ruhlman joins Ming for a demonstration on seasoning with salt. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Our Kids; #902; News and features about classroom projects and activities in Louisville-area schools.

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #111 "Flight of a Penguin/Let's Go Fly a Kite" [TV-Y]; Sally and Nick pretend to fly in their backyard. The Cat in the Hat brings them to meet his good friend Percy the penguin. After a fun race with a penguin and a gull, the kids learn that not all birds fly. Sally, Nick and the Cat try to fly a kite, but there's not enough wind. The Cat in the Hat takes them to Huff-Puff-Maguff where there's so much wind, their kite gets away from them! They chase the runaway kite, using the wind to help them. When they finally reach it, the breeze helps to cool them down! [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #106 "Many Kinds of Numbers"; Introduction to common fractions, decimal fractions, and negative numbers.

KETKY: Independence Hall: Its History, Its Legacy....; The story of the little known origins of the Pennsylvania State House, later to be known as Independence Hall. Commissioned to be built under royal decree, the building was the largest in in the American colonies. Its architectural style became synonymous with the best of American ideals. [High-Definition]

3:30

KET: Curious George; #507 "George-o-matic/Curious George, Sheep Herder" [TV-Y]; George is entranced by the museum's newest addition: a vending machine full of levers, wheels, springs, and healthy snacks!So when George is put in charge of making the dessert for an important dinner party, he can think of nothing better than creating his own dessert dispensing vending machine - the George-o-matic. George buys a cool new scarf at the country fair, but with one tug on a loose strand of wool, the entire scarf unravels! While searching for sheep that will give him some wool for another scarf, George accidentally whistles, which sends Bo the sheepdog and his flock of sheep on a wild adventure through the country. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #107 "Names for the Same Number"; The relationships between common fractions, decimals, and percents and how to convert among them; figuring discounts.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1504 "Cents-Less/Buster The Lounge Lizard" [TV-Y]; Mr. Ratburn decides it's time for his class to learn a little about money...or, rather, the lack of it. For the entire weekend, no one in the class can spend a cent. Buster has the brand-new Dark Bunny Dark Buggy, complete with grappling hook and voice commands! But with all its bells and whistles, the Buggy seems to have a mind of its own and has zoomed its way into the mysterious teacher's lounge, where no student dares to enter. [High-Definition]

KET2: Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence; #107 "Never Too Young" [TV-G]; Joanne prepares roasted game hens with prosciutto and mushrooms and quinoa pilaf with dried blueberries and apricots. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Finding Our Way Home; An introduction to genealogical and historical records and services available through the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #307 "Captain Tangent/Chuck and Brent Ride Again" [TV-Y7]; When Becky and her family go out to dinner at Blackbeard's Buffet, they encounter a new villain, Captain Tangent - a teenage pirate with a magnetic hook and talking parrot. It's up to WordGirl to stop him from stealing her mom's trophy and all the coins (a.k.a. doubloons) in the city. Chuck's famous brother Brent is in a slump - he lost his confidence. Chuck happily takes him under his wing and tries to make Brent his new sidekick. On a routine robbery at the sub shop, Brent gets sidetracked by Reuben Grinder, the owner who wants to talk about innovations in sandwich-making. [High-Definition]

KET2: Cuisine Culture; #110 "Arnaud Lallement, Reims, France" [TV-G]; Lallement demonstrates how to grill langoustines, braise lamb and make an explosive dessert, a Raspberry Vacheron. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Drop by Drop; Looks at the fragile water resources in Indiana and the challenges communities face and overcome to get clean water.

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #124 "Kerhonk" [TV-Y]; When Martin's and Chris' Creature Power Suits unexpectedly get jammed in Proboscis monkey mode and the top monkey of the troop is injured protecting a youngster from a crocodile, the Kratt brothers find themselves stepping into the injured monkey's role. They uncover some of the different methods animals utilize to communicate important information to each other. [High-Definition]

KET2: Connections with Renee Shaw; #805 "dream hampton"; Acclaimed hip hop journalist and culture critic dream hampton has written about music, culture, and politics for 20 years. She is "divesting herself of hip hop" and discusses why she is ready to turn her back on the genre that has consumed much of her career. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: EcoSense for Living; #103 "Green Jobs" [TV-G]; In post-Katrina New Orleans, at-risk young people get hands-on training on how to fortify and weatherize homes and buildings; at 6 billion bottles and counting, the Coca-Cola Company has forged a partnership that's created the largest recycling center of it's kind in the world â€“ and created jobs that didn't exist before; and Pizza Fusion shows how any job can become a green job with the right attitude and practices.

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #312 "A Fistful of Confetti" [TV-Y]; It's Neighborhood Record Day and everyone in town is trying to break silly records. [High-Definition]

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: Kentucky Life; #704 "Hill Community Theater/Greyhound Rescue/Bybee Pottery" [TV-G]; A Danville community theater troupe named for a Centre College scholar and writer; Jack Bricking of Richmond, who travels to greyhound tracks to save former racing dogs that would otherwise be destroyed; and the highly sought-after pottery made in the little community of Bybee. A 2001 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17279 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #312 "Socket to Me" [TV-Y]; Blossom says that Ruff is using too much electricity, even though he's only running an electric leaf blower, a vacuum, a blender, all the lights, the washing machine, the dryer, and a karaoke machine. To humor her, he sends Sam and Sammy to figure out how he can decrease his energy consumption. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Settlement Schools of Appalachia; In the late 19th century, college-educated young women of the Bluegrass, influenced by the progressive movement, established several community schools in isolated areas of Eastern Kentucky. This 1995 KET production looks at the early history, growth, and contemporary roles of these Appalachian community institutions.