Sunday 10/21/2012

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KET: Bluegrass Underground; #207 "Scott Miller & The Commonwealth" [TV-PG]; Americana pioneer Miller and his band, the Commonwealth, perform songs with a bluegrass and edgy mountain tinge. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nature; #2804 "Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom" [TV-PG]; There is another image of the wolverine that is just beginning to emerge, one that is far more complex than its vicious reputation suggests. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Cassius Marcellus Clay: An Audacious American; A documentary about the great Kentucky emancipationist that follows his bold and fearless journey through the 19th century landscape of bitter politics and duels, palatial homes and beautiful women, slavery, the Civil War, and a diplomatic mission which led to the purchase of Alaska. A Michael Breeding MEDIA production. [High-Definition]

KET: Kentucky's Natural Heritage; #107 "Panther Glade"; Panther Glade, on the edge of the Elizabethtown Karst Plain, is a haven for distinct flora and fauna.

KET: Official Best of Fest; #207 "Boy Power" [TV-PG]; Scotland's St. Mathurin's School of Practical Joking and Australia's Eustice Solves a Problem are a celebration of boy power. [High-Definition]

KET: POV; #2511 "Sun Kissed" [TV-PG]; When a Navajo couple discovers their children have a disorder that makes exposure to sunlight fatal, they also learn their reservation is a hotbed for this rare genetic disease. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nova; #3912 "Forensics on Trial" [TV-14]; Learn how modern forensics can send innocent men and women to prison and sometimes even to death row. Shockingly, of more than 250 inmates exonerated by DNA testing over the last decade, more than 50% of the wrongful convictions stemmed from invalid or improperly handled forensic science. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Jubilee; #1606 "Dread Clampitt"; Dread Clampitt performs a fusion of bluegrass, rock 'n' roll, jazz, and Cajun funk at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Live from the Artists Den; #501 "Norah Jones" [TV-PG]; Singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones performs a career-spanning set at the historic Green Building in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens neighborhood. [High-Definition]

KET2: POV; #2511 "Sun Kissed" [TV-PG]; When a Navajo couple discovers their children have a disorder that makes exposure to sunlight fatal, they also learn their reservation is a hotbed for this rare genetic disease. [High-Definition]

KETKY: WoodSongs; #1012 "Blackie and the Rodeo Kings Plus Folk Uke" [TV-G]; Canada's roots-oriented band Blackie and the Rodeo Kings performs followed by Folk Uke, the eclectic acoustic folk duo of Cathy Guthrie and Amy Nelson.

KET: Rock Prophecies; [TV-PG]; Go behind the ropes and beyond the green rooms to view rock 'n' roll through the eyes of prolific photographer Robert M. Knight. He launched his 40-year career in 1968 and many of Knight's subjects (also friends) share their thoughts about the photographer in exclusive, illuminating interviews, including Jeff Beck, Slash, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, ZZ Top, Robert Cray, Carlos Santana, Def Leppard, and many others. [High-Definition]

KET2: Frontline; #3101 "The Choice 2012"; This election special offers biographies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney and explores the national landscape that shapes the campaigns, voters' attitudes, and the winner's prospects for governing. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Lexington in the 40s: Swingin' in the Bluegrass; [TV-G]; Central Kentuckians recall the big band music scene in the Bluegrass during the World War II era, when Lexingtonians danced in clubs like Joyland, the Green Dome, and the Cotton Club and in the ballrooms of the Phoenix and Lafayette hotels. Archival photographs and film footage, some not seen since the 1940s, illustrate the memories of those places and times.

KET: Legends of Folk: The Village Scene; [TV-G]; Celebrates the songs and performers of the folk movement in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary hosts. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Ted Bassett: A Kentucky Gentleman; Discover the extraordinary life of the longtime Keeneland Race Course executive Ted Bassett, a native Kentuckian who was a decorated World War II marine and former head of the state police. Through interviews with friends, colleagues, and contemporaries a picture emerges of a humble, self-effacing man who, believing in service to others, achieved great things. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Raggs; #208 "Try New Things" [TV-Y]; It is Try New Food Tuesday and Pido wants everyone to try Whole Grain Doggie Puffs, but B. Max likes it so much it is the only thing he wants to eat. Pido wants a new set of drums because he thinks new must be best, but he learns a very different lesson when he starts to miss his old drums. [High-Definition]

KETKY: 2012 Governor's Awards in the Arts; #801; Gov. Steve Beshear honors Kentuckians for their achievements in the performing and visual arts. This year's recipients include William Francis, Bobbie Ann Mason, Gray Zeitz, UK HealthCare Arts in HealthCare Program, Latitude Artist Community, Christina Hartke Towell, Leona Waddell, U. S. Rep. John Yarmuth, and Jeffrey Lee Puckett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: 2012 Governor's Awards in the Arts; #801; Gov. Steve Beshear honors Kentuckians for their achievements in the performing and visual arts. This year's recipients include William Francis, Bobbie Ann Mason, Gray Zeitz, UK HealthCare Arts in HealthCare Program, Latitude Artist Community, Christina Hartke Towell, Leona Waddell, U. S. Rep. John Yarmuth, and Jeffrey Lee Puckett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Barney & Friends; #1207 "The Magic Lamp: A Travel Adventure" [TV-Y]; Layla and her friends celebrate her birthday with traditional Lebanese foods. [High-Definition]

KET: Sesame Street; #4263 "Humpty Dumpty's Big Break" [TV-Y]; Telly is very worried about Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall, but Humpty explains that he is there to watch a football game. Just as the game is about to start, one of All the King's Horses comes limping in and says he can't play. It's Humpty's dream to play football, so he offers to replace him, but Telly is very worried that Humpty will break. [High-Definition]

KET2: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly; #1607 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #110 "Karly Dawn Higgins"; Rowan County's Karly Dawn Higgins made her start in traditional music with the all-female bluegrass band Hazel Holler. She fronts her own country group, Karly Dawn and Kinfolk, and can be seen performing with Sarah Wood as Karly Dawn and Little Sarie. [High-Definition]