Friday 10/5/2012

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

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.

KET2: Cyberchase; #109 "Clock Like an Egyptian" [TV-Y]; Dr. Marbles finds the encryptor chip that will enable him to delete Motherboard's virus in an ancient pyramid. But then the mummy who guards the pyramid finds Marbles. When the kids and Digit arrive, they must work their way through the chambers of the pyramid, find Dr. Marbles, and escape before a trap set by the mummy seals them inside forever. Unfortunately, they have no clock or watch to tell them how much time has gone by. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pedal America; #101 "Let's Keep It Weird - Austin, Texas" [TV-G]; Ira David visits a bicycle zoo, the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, and pedals in a bicycle parade. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalachia in the Academy: The Making of Eastern Kentucky Scholars; Follows three students from Appalachia through their first year at the University of Kentucky, chronicling the unique stereotypes and challenges they face as well as their successes. Produced by Christopher Stapel with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #915 "Great Investors: David Winters" [TV-RE]

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3849; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with host Ferrell Wellman. Guests: Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter, CNHI, Inc.; Tom Loftus, Frankfort bureau chief, Louisville Courier-Journal; and Adam Walser, investigative reporter, WHAS-TV in Louisville. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #402 "Uneasy Lies The Head" [TV-PG]; Martin struggles to deal with the news of Louisa's pregnancy. But Louisa is adamant that she does not want Martin involved. She is hired to teach at the local school, but the headmaster is acting strangely. He has an arm that rises up into the air without him seeming to notice it! At the hospital for a routine check-up, Louisa discovers that Edith is going to be her doctor. She also learns something about Martin and Edith's relationship during medical school that shocks her. Upon returning to school, Louisa discovers that the headmaster has taken her pupils down to the treacherous rock pools of Roscarrock Cove for a nature walk. She alerts Martin and he rushes there to try and save the children. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Music Makes A City; The dramatic and surprising story of the Louisville Orchestra, which earned international prominence by becoming the capital of new music in the 1950s. It's also the story of two men, conductor Robert Whitney and Mayor Charles Farnsley, who helped revitalize and transform a city that had been hard hit by a devastating flood in 1937. [High-Definition]

KET: The McLaughlin Group; #3041 "Romney's Gamechanger Offensive" [TV-RE]

KET2: Movie Classics; #1043 "Diner" [TV-14]; Immature buddies regroup at an all-night diner after various escapades in late-1950s Baltimore. Steven Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, and Kevin Bacon star. (1982)

KETKY: Lincoln: The Kentucky Years; Based on the KET documentary Lincoln: 'I, too, am a Kentuckian', the program explores Lincoln's early life in Kentucky and its impact on him. Watch Online

KET: Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders; [TV-PG]; A global musical adventure combines today's dynamic music scene with the power of social change. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #103 "Coalmining Women/In Ya Blood" [TV-G]; Interviewed at home and on the job, women coal miners tell of the conditions that led them to seek employment in this traditionally male-dominated industry and the problems they encountered once hired. And, the story of a typical young man from Appalachia in the summer after his senior year in high school. He must face the difficult decision faced by many Appalachian youth - whether to stay in the mountains or leave in search of a "better life."

KETKY: Jubilee - Summertime Blues; #1509 "Shirley Johnson/Magic Slim and the Teardrops"; A veteran performer at Chicago's legendary blues clubs, Johnson sings authentic Chicago-style blues at the 2010 W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival in Henderson, Kentucky. Then, Mississippi meets Chicago when living legend Slim takes the stage. A 2011 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Kentucky Life; #1102 "Ultralight Instructor/Dobree Adams/Miniature Toys" [TV-G]; Lucian Bartosik, an ultralight airplane pilot and instructor from Hopkinsville; Dobree Adams, a fiber artist and photographer who raises her own sheep for her woven creations; and a collection of toy tractors and other nostalgic miniatures in Paris. A 2005 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

KET: WoodSongs; #709 "Exile and Carla Gover" [TV-G]; Kentucky's own supergroup give an intimate "unplugged" performance. Aspiring Appalachia diva, Carla Gover performs selections from her latest CD, Gypsy Ways.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #114 "Films by Natalie Baxter, J. Gray, and Kris Rommel"; Kingdom Come Stir Off by Natalie Baxter documents the traditional art of making sorghum, from the cutting of the sugarcane to the finished product. Also featured Cambodia by J. Gray, and Book Bindings Part Deux and Last Winter by Kris Rommel. [High-Definition] Watch Online