Sunday 10/7/2012

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

6:00 am EDT

KET: Sesame Street; #4192 "Y a Quest Y Not" [TV-Y]; Telly, Abby, and Elmo look to the book How to be a Knight for a Day to tell them how to become knights. First, they have to wear a suit of shining armor. Next, they must sing a knight song, so they sing. Then they must go on a quest. But they don't know what to search for! As Elmo, Telly, and Abby think about their quest, they hear a whimpering letter "Y." When they ask the letter "Y" why he is crying, he tells them he is unsure of his purpose in life. [High-Definition]

KET2: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly; #1605 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #108 "John P. Rodgers"; John P. Rogers, a young Carter County musician, is a talented multi-instrumentalist who has studied old-time music of his region. [High-Definition]

6:30

KET2: bookclub@ket; #212 "Sorrowful Mysteries and Other Stories"; Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Frankfort native Normandi Ellis' book of short stories. A 2000 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Run That by Me Again; #105 "Kentucky vs. Oklahoma, 1951"; Guests include John Griggs, Dom Fucci, and Walt Yowarsky. A 1977 KET production.

7:00

KET: Curious George; #506 "George's Home Run/Monkey on Ice" [TV-Y]; While Marco tries to hit his first Little League home run, George gets to play scorekeeper. Unfortunately, he can't remember the order of the numbers. Marco helps out by using a catchy song to teach George how to count from 1-10 and then George returns the favor by agreeing to be a pinch runner for an injured Marco. Bill wants to earn another Junior Sprout badge by constructing and sleeping in an igloo, inspiring George to build his own. Only George wants his igloo to have windows and be big enough to fit his friends and furniture. [High-Definition]

KET2: European Journal; #3040 "Drug Dealers Bring The Wild West to Marseilles" [TV-RE]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2901 [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!; #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: Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique; #808 "Slenderize The Waiste & Flatten The Abs" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bluegrass and Backroads; #920; Skipping Boat School, Bumbershoots, Jackson's Orchard, and Bob Maurer's sheep are featured. [High-Definition]

8:00

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: Wai Lana Yoga; #124 "Yoga Basics"

KETKY: Louisville Life; #601 "Prohibition/Frazier Museum Civil War Exhibit/Judith Gibbons/Bars to Walls"; Two prominent local bourbon historians talk about the River City's role during Prohibition - where bourbon flowed despite the bust; visit The Frazier History Museum's exhibit, ""Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy," and explore how the Civil War changed Kentucky forever; Judith Gibbons, board member with The Kentucky Book Fair, talks about this year's event; and University of Louisville doctoral student Kathy Salomon has bridged her two worlds of fine art and criminal justice with the art exhibit, "Bars to Walls," featuring art from Kentucky prison inmates. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:30

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: GED Connection; #129 "Problem Solving" [TV-G]; A process for solving basic math and word problems, either single- or multi-step.

KETKY: 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

9:00

KET: 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]

KET2: GED Connection; #130 "Decimals" [TV-G]; Reviews how to read decimal numbers, calculate with them, and solve everyday problems involving decimals.

KETKY: 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

9:30

KET: Sid the Science Kid; #202 "Slide to the Side!" [TV-Y]; Sid is trying out his new dance called "The Sid Slide To The Side!" On his room's hardwood floor, he boogies to the left, jumps to the right and then tries to slide to the side. But in his new sneakers, he can't slide...he just squeaks to a stop! Sid and his friends investigate how different materials and surfaces can create friction, causing something to slow down. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #131 "Fractions" [TV-G]; What fractions represent, how to judge the relative sizes of different fractions, calculating with them, and solving everyday fraction problems.

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #734 "Sen. Mitch McConnell Lecture On Henry Clay"; Bill presents excerpts from a lecture given by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, on Kentucky statesman Henry Clay at the University of Kentucky. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

10:00

KET: To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe; #2130 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Biz Kid$; #401 "A World Without Taxes" [TV-G]; Explore how taxes impact your life and learn about the importance of federal, state, and local taxes. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Great Conversations; #213 "David Halberstam and Roger Wilkins" [TV-G]; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam (1934-2007) discusses his book The Children, which recounts the remarkable stories of young people involved in the early days of the civil rights movement. He is interviewed by Roger Wilkins, professor of history and American culture at George Mason University. [High-Definition]

10:30

KET: Inside Washington; #2425 [TV-G]

KET2: Cyberchase; #705 "Father's Day" [TV-Y]; It's the annual Father's Day Parade in Tikiville, and Creech's father, Max (Matthew Broderick), is this year's Cyberdad of the Year. Max was once a schoolmate of Hacker's - and continually bested Hacker in all of their endeavors. Hacker has decided it's time to get even. Using secret codes and a band of bad guys, he rolls into action, cleverly changing the code each step of the way to keep those "earthbrats" from catching on. Will Hacker succeed in spoiling Father's Day and embarrassing Max? Or will our heroes figure out the pattern to his codes in time to stop him? [High-Definition]

11:00

KET: Moyers & Company; #139 "Hispanic America's Turn" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Jonathan Bird's Blue World; #307 "Yucatan Sinkhole, Shark Biology and Ocean Defenses" [TV-G]; In the Yucatan, Jonathan explores Muyal-Ha sinkhole; explains the biology and diversity of sharks, as well as why they are important in ocean ecosystems; and looks at animals that have the most interesting means of keeping themselves from being eaten. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1804 "Cedar Creek Vineyards/Duncan Hines Marker/Good Shepherd Cheese/Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc./Joyce Pinson"; Dave visits Cedar Creek Vineyards in Pulaski County; a Warren County historical marker recounts Bowling Green native Duncan Hines' career in the food and lodging industry; watch how cheese is made at Good Shepherd Cheese, a sheep milk dairy in Bath County; visit Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc. in Bardstown; and meet food blogger Joyce Pinson and see why her blog, Friends Drift Inn, is attracting national attention. A 2012 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

11:30

KET2: This American Land; #210 "Montana Wilderness, Bald Eagle Recovery, Lionfish Derby, Crocodile Man" [TV-G]; An ambitious plan to protect 700,000 acres of new wilderness in Montana is highlighted, a look at bald eagle recovery, controlling the Lionfish population, and Mississippi State University biologist David Ray studies crocodiles and other creatures. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Time Capsule; #114 "Maestro (Part 1)"; A portrait of Moritz Bomhard, who studied music at Leipzig and Juilliard, taught at Princeton, and in 1952 came to Louisville to create the Kentucky Opera. Watch Online

Noon

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

KET2: Louisville Life; #601 "Prohibition/Frazier Museum Civil War Exhibit/Judith Gibbons/Bars to Walls"; Two prominent local bourbon historians talk about the River City's role during Prohibition - where bourbon flowed despite the bust; visit The Frazier History Museum's exhibit, ""Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy," and explore how the Civil War changed Kentucky forever; Judith Gibbons, board member with The Kentucky Book Fair, talks about this year's event; and University of Louisville doctoral student Kathy Salomon has bridged her two worlds of fine art and criminal justice with the art exhibit, "Bars to Walls," featuring art from Kentucky prison inmates. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Arturo Alonzo Sandoval: The Fabric of Art; [TV-G]; A profile of Arturo Sandoval, professor of art at the University of Kentucky and internationally recognized fiber artist. Sandoval, whose works appear in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in galleries throughout the country, is interviewed in his studio and is seen installing a monumental work at UK's Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington. A 2003 KET production.