Wednesday 10/17/2012

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

6:00 am EDT

KET: Wai Lana Yoga; #122 "Bend Your Backbone" [TV-G]

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #130 "Morning, Noon, and Night/Mr. Bleakman's Special Day" [TV-Y]; Cleo learns about how to be a good houseguest when she spends a weekend at Clifford's. Mr. Bleakman is especially grumpy one day, and the dogs try doing "secret good deeds" to cheer him up. [High-Definition]

KETKY: All Aboard: Kentucky and the American Railroads; #102 "Mail on the Fly: The Railroad Post Office"; Nearly a century and a half ago, the United States Post Office saw the great advantage of utilizing the speed and efficiency of the railroad in moving letters and packages across America. All across the continent, post offices were built near railroad stations to ease the transfer and increase the speed of delivery. The postal service requirements were so precise that they created uniform specifications for the building of the equipment that would carry the mail, Railroad Post Office cars.Â Only two remain today. [High-Definition]

6:30

KET: Body Electric; #1718 "Acapulco, Mexico" [TV-G]

KET2: Wild Kratts; #203 "Creature Power Challenge" [TV-Y]; Martin and Chris decide to have a contest to decide what's stronger - elephant or rhino powers. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Exploring an American Original; #105 "The Cumberlands Corridor"; Pristine forests, Kentucky's tallest waterfall, and meandering rivers and streams fill the Kentucky corridor known as the Cumberlands. It is also an area of adventure and excitement, the living history of coal mining, and outstanding music festivals.

7:00

KET: Arthur; #1603 "All About D.W./Blockheads" [TV-Y]; When Emily gets the starring role in the preschool play, D.W. is beside herself with jealousy. D.W. and Emily are upset when they get stuck with the blocks at playtime. [High-Definition]

KET2: Newsline; #3199 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Coal in Kentucky; [TV-G]; For over two hundred and fifty years coal mining has been a part of Kentucky's history. Through the voices of coal industry professionals, activists, politicians, and everyday people, this documentary examines the significance of this history, what it means today, and how we will move forward to responsibly mine coal while protecting the health, safety, and welfare of Kentucky's citizens, the environment, and the economy. [High-Definition]

7:30

KET: Martha Speaks; #206 "Martha in the White House" [TV-Y]; The new president is looking for a dog to live in the White House. Martha knows the perfect dog for the job! What better way to recommend some of her neighborhood pals than to put in a few calls to the White House herself? The president is calling! One of his aides heard about Martha's speaking ability and he needs her to report to the White House immediately. But why does the president want Martha? Is there a top-secret cat conspiracy? [High-Definition]

KET2: One to One with Bill Goodman; #736 "21st Century Parks and the Parklands of Floyds Fork"; Bill talks with Dan Jones, chairman/CEO of 21st Century Parks and The Parklands of Floyds Fork and writer and editor Dianne Aprile about the book, A Landscape and Its Legacy: The Parklands of Floyds Fork, the story of Louisville's largest parks project, the nearly 4,000-acre Olmsted-inspired Parklands of Floyds Fork in Jefferson County. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:00

KET: Curious George; #207 "Color Me Monkey/Special Delivery Monkey" [TV-Y]; George is asked to help Chef Pisghetti by delivering a very special pie to a very special meeting. Along the way, he counts bus stops and buildings. George and Charkie go to the zoo to meet SooBerm, an elephant who paints. [High-Definition]

KET2: Body Electric; #1718 "Acapulco, Mexico" [TV-G]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1805 "Pawpaw Research/Pawpaw Recipe/Rural Post Offices/Short Creek"; Learn about Kentucky State University's research and domestication of that tropical-tasting fruit - the pawpaw, Chef Bob Perry from UK's College of Sustainable Agriculture prepares a pawpaw dish, Dave and Toby take a trip to Leslie County to learn about rural post offices, and a look at Pulaski County's Short Creek - the story Kentucky Life Facebook friends chose in an online vote. A 2012 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:30

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #120 "Finola's Farm/Pick Your Friends" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally are sitting down to breakfast but have run out of milk. The Cat arrives to take them to Finola's Farm to have breakfast with Finola. First they learn how to milk a cow, then they discover that cows' milk can be made into butter and cheese and best of all--ice cream! It's Valentine's Day and Nick and Sally disagree hotly on how to decorate the card they're making for the Cat. Does this mean they aren't really best friends? The Cat takes them to meet Sheldon, a tortoise who knows all about friendship. [High-Definition]

KET2: TV411; #108 "How To Navigate Around the Yellow Pages, Diabetes, the Cover Letter, Deciphering the Food Label"; Job seekers work on writing cover letters for applications, Laverne helps a shopper with diabetes get nutritional information from food labels, and "Dictionary Cinema" shows how to look up a word you don't know how to spell.

KETKY: Kentucky Health; #703 "Modern Cancer Care"; In a special program taped before an audience, host Dr. Wayne Tuckson talks to the president of the American Cancer Society. Watch Online

9:00

KET: Super Why!; #164 "The Cookbook" [TV-Y]; Whyatt wants to bake Baby Joy a special birthday cake - but he doesn't know how! Super Why and his friends soar into a new kind of book - a cookbook - and get the information they need from a rhyming chef with a silly sense of humor as well as a recipe for fun! In the end, Whyatt learns how to cook up the perfect birthday for his little sister. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #101 "Orientation" [TV-G]; An overview of the GED test and how this series and its accompanying workbooks and online lessons can help adults prepare.

KETKY: Louisville—A City at the Falls; Three restored films by Al Shands, produced in the 1970s, chronicle the history and growth of the River City across nine decades, from 1850 to 1940. A 2001 KET production. Watch Online

9:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #135 "The Good Mom/Hornucopia" [TV-Y]; "Mom's" the word when Mrs. Pteranodon meets fellow mom Millie Maiasaura, who is a little too over-protective of her kids. The two moms compare mothering methods in a play date at the Big Pond. - At the Big Pond, Tank introduces the Pteranodon family to his friend, Stacie Styracosaurus, a fellow Ceratopsian with a crown of elaborate horns on her head. Everyone attends Stacie's "Hornucopia" celebration, where she reveals her new big horns and then performs a moonlit shadow show with her Styracosaurus family. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #111 "Passing the GED Reading Test" [TV-G]; Reviews the skills required, the subjects covered, and the kinds of questions included on the GED reading test.

10:00

KET: Sesame Street; #4210 "Abby's Tricycle" [TV-Y]; Abby is preparing to ride her very first tricycle! She has her basket, helmet, and her friend Elmo, but Abby doesn't know how to ride a tricycle. Elmo suggests that Gordon teach Abby. Abby has trouble at first. She sits on the bike the wrong way. She also becomes frustrated riding her tricycle and thinks she needs magic to push the pedals. With hard work and practice, though, Abby learns to ride by herself. [High-Definition]

KET2: Gary Spetz's Painting Wild Places! with Watercolors; #502 "St. Therese Point" [TV-G]; Gary sails to and paints a scene from a rocky Alaskan shoreline.

10:30

KET2: Scheewe Art Workshop; #1115 "Memories" [TV-G]; Personalizing scrapbooks and albums with painted touches and accents.

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.

11:00

KET: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #107 "Friends Help Each Other/Daniel Helps O Tell A Story" [TV-Y]; Katerina shows Daniel a birthday tea-party she set up for her stuffed animals and accidently knocks it over! O the Owl and Daniel choose a very special book about dinosaurs, but they realize that the last page of the story is missing! [High-Definition]

KET2: Sew It All; #308 "Go Organic, Jennifer Moore" [TV-G]; Learn the importance of using organic fabrics for sewing projects and make a simple pieced blanket. [High-Definition]

KETKY: James Still's River of Earth; [TV-G]; A portrait of one of Kentucky's most distinguished and honored writers, an Alabama native who lived and worked in Knott County from 1931 until his death in the spring of 2001. Regarded as the dean of Appalachian literature, Still wrote the novel River of Earth as well as short stories, children's books, collections of mountain lore and sayings, and poetry. A 1997 KET production.

11:30

KET: Sid the Science Kid; #208 "Reused Robot!" [TV-Y]; Sid's toy robot is broken, so he wants to throw it "away." Sid's Mom tells him there is no such thing as "away," and when we put something in the trash, we are actually creating waste. Sid and his friends explore the idea that everything we throw away goes somewhere. This leads to an investigation of how to recycle and reuse items so that we make less trash. [High-Definition]

KET2: Martha's Sewing Room; #3107 "Fancy Fabric Textures" [TV-G]; Texturing fabric with "texture magic" for pillow construction, Chatelaine sewing accessory, and a hand-embroidered gathered rose.

Noon

KET: WordWorld; #121 "Bit by Bit/Ride 'em Cowbear" [TV-Y]; On Monkey's birthday, a sick Frog entrusts Duck and Bug to take his present—a banana—to the party. In their enthusiasm to get to the party, Duck and Bug accidentally break the banana into letters, then don't know how to rebuild it. Pig, Dog, and Duck play cowboys. Bear wants to join them but gets frustrated when she learns she's not very good at rope tricks. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18212 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: In Performance at the Governor's Mansion; #403 "Prestonsburg"; Features music from three different perspectives: the Lexington Singers, a community chorus; the River City Drum Corp, a group of young percussionists who perform traditional African rhythms; and the Kentucky Opry, a cast of instrumentalists and singers who take a "down-home" approach to entertainment. A 2000 KET production taped at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg.