Thursday 10/25/2012

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

6:00 am EDT

KET: Wai Lana Yoga; #602 "Shake Your Legs" [TV-G]

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #136 "Two's Company/Fair-Weather Friends" [TV-Y]; All of the dogs are excited that their old friend K.C. is visiting for a few days, but Cleo gets so carried away that she completely ignores Clifford and T-Bone. When bad weather threatens the annual Back-to-School Barbecue at Jetta's house, the dogs set out to see whether they can stop the rain from falling. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America; #107 "Old-Time Country Music" [TV-G]; "Sunny Side of Life" tells the story of the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA.

6:30

KET: Body Electric; #1724 "Acapulco, Mexico" [TV-G]

KET2: Wild Kratts; #135 "Quillber's Birthday Present" [TV-Y]; It's Aviva's birthday, and Chris and Martin decide to collect shed porcupine quills to make a beautiful necklace as a gift. As they tag along with an African Crested Porcupine, they discover that animals have different ways and features to defend themselves from predators. [High-Definition]

7:00

KET: Arthur; #128 "I'm a Poet/The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club" [TV-Y]; Fern challenges everyone to enter a poetry contest judged by a famous poet. Arthur and the gang fight back when a group called Parents Against Weird Stories wants to ban their favorite ghost-story books from the library. [High-Definition]

KET2: Newsline; #3207 [TV-RE]; [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.

7:30

KET: Martha Speaks; #212 "Martha Plays Favorites/Martha and the Doggie Lover" [TV-Y]; Truman is worried that his mom doesn't think he's special anymore. She's too busy taking care of the babies at her daycare. Martha knows just how he feels. She felt the same way when the family got that cute puppy Skits. TD's little cousin CD really likes dogs. Really, really likes dogs. CD loves dogs so much he squeezes them too hard. Can Martha teach CD how to be gentle with dogs? [High-Definition]

KET2: Connections with Renee Shaw; #807 "Mimi Pickering and Dr. Catherine Fosl"; Filmmaker Mimi Pickering and biographer Dr. Catherine Fosl, director of the University of Louisville's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, discuss the upcoming documentary on KET Anne Braden: Southern Patriot, about the American civil rights leader. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:00

KET: Curious George; #211 "The Fully Automatic Fun Hat/Creatures of the Night" [TV-Y]; George wants to have a hat as fun as the Man with the Yellow Hat's, but picking the right headgear is hard. When all the food disappears from the birdfeeder in a single night, George sets out to find out who or what is eating it all. [High-Definition]

KET2: Body Electric; #1724 "Acapulco, Mexico" [TV-G]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #737 "David Brooks"; David Brooks, a political and cultural commentator who writes for the New York Times as well as a commentator on PBS NewsHour, discusses his career and the 2012 presidential election. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:30

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #127 "Be Cool/Elephant Walk" [TV-Y]; Phew, it's hot outside! How are Sally and Nick going to stay cool? They visit the Dizzle-dazzle Desert. Nick and Sally wonder if there's such thing as a one-thing-does-it-all tool. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #103 "Many Ways To Measure"; Customary and metric units of measure; tools and instruments for measuring; the use of a calculator in learning mathematics.

KETKY: Southern Accents; #1808 [TV-G]; Visit Lookout Mountain Flight Park in Lookout Mountain, Ga.; Savannah Springs Koi Farm in Calhoun, Tenn.; Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Ala.; and meet a metal artist in Western, N.C.

9:00

KET: Super Why!; #101 "The Three Little Pigs" [TV-Y]; Pig asks the Super Readers to get Jill to stop knocking down his tower. But when they fly into the Three Little Pigs story, they come face-to-face with the Big Bad Wolf himself. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pre-GED Connection; #107 "Nonfiction" [TV-G]; Explores three kinds of nonfiction writing—informational, opinion, and memoir—and illustrates how to get the most out of reading them. Writer Luis Rodriguez reads from Always Running, his memoir about gang life.

KETKY: Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics; #103 "The Quilt Marketplace" [TV-G]; Go behind the scenes in the quilt marketplace to meet its players and learn its unwritten rules. [High-Definition]

9:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #138 "The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers/Dads' Day Out" [TV-Y]; The Pteranodon family travels deep underwater on the Dinosaur Train to view two backwards-bounding brothers named Max and Mitch Michelinoceras. The kids are delighted to see that Max and Mitch put on a synchronized swimming show. Buddy, Tiny, and Mr. Pteranodon join Annie Tyrannosaurus and Leroy Lambeosaurus and their dads for a Dads' Day at the Big Pond. It's all fun and games until it starts to rain, and they all have to take cover in a cave they've never noticed before. [High-Definition]

KET2: Workplace Essential Skills; #112 "Communicating with Customers" [TV-G]; How to develop excellent customer-service skills. Watch Online

KETKY: From the Ground Up; #102 "Architecture of Government"; The varying styles of Kentucky's courthouses. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

10:00

KET: Sesame Street; #4235 "Zoe Loves Rocco" [TV-Y]; Zoe is hanging out with her pet rock, Rocco, when Alan stops by and sings Rocco's favorite song, "Rocco and Roll." Zoe leaves to get Rocco's hat, and asks Elmo, who's playing astronaut with Baby David nearby, to watch Rocco while she's gone. As Elmo plays with David, a flying disc knocks Rocco to the ground. Then a girl walks by and accidentally kicks Rocco. Elmo is so busy playing with Baby David that he doesn't pay attention to what has happened. When Zoe returns, she realizes that Rocco has disappeared! [High-Definition]

KET2: Sit and Be Fit; #1202 "Healthy Aging" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Civil War in Kentucky; Chronicles Kentucky's role in the Civil War from 1861 until the Confederate retreat from the state in October 1862. Watch Online

10:30

KET2: Leading Gen; #204 [TV-G]; George Schlatter has changed the face of television history with his innovative, and balanced social commentary about life in the '60s, including the Emmy Award-winning series Laugh-In. George humorously explains his upbringing in an artistic and creative family that shaped his future as a pioneer in television, his core Midwestern values, and his views on retirement. [High-Definition]

11:00

KET: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #114 "Thank You, Grandpere Tiger!/Neighborhood Thank You Day" [TV-Y]; Daniel is sad that Grandpere Tiger can't come to the special Thank You Day celebration. Daniel has trouble deciding what to put in his note for the annual neighborhood Thank You Day celebration. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Jazzy Vegetarian; #202 "5-Ingredients Or Less" [TV-G]; Quick recipes that require only 5-ingredients including black bean casserole, carrot and maple-walnut salad, tortilla mushrooms, and no-cook peanut butter cookies. [High-Definition]

11:30

KET: Sid the Science Kid; #107 "My Shrinking Shoes" [TV-Y]; When Sid's shoes don't fit, he declares that his shoes must be shrinking. But could there be another explanation? [High-Definition]

KET2: Healthy Body Healthy Mind; #2304 "Photodynamic Therapy: Powerful Anti-Cancer Light Treatment" [TV-G]; Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is becoming more popular as a powerful anti-cancer treatment. Go into the operating room with a surgical team as they use PDT and hear from patients and physicians about the benefits and risks of this procedure.

KETKY: Call to War; Kentucky actor Matt Long introduces the contrasting true stories of two young Kentuckians in the Civil War. William Horsfall left his Newport home and went on to become the youngest Congressional Medal of Honor winner in history at the age of 14. But 15-year-old Asa Lewis from Barren County left the army to go home and harvest crops to feed his starving family, only to be court-martialed upon his return and then executed. Produced by Dorian Walker of Bowling Green with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

Noon

KET: WordWorld; #203 "Bugs to the Rescue/Sheep's First Bike Ride" [TV-Y]; Ant builds Bear a hot-air balloon for her birthday, but Dog accidentally floats away in it! Ant elicits the help of his insect WordFriends Bug, Bee, and Fly to rescue Dog and save the day. Bear and Sheep both learn to build the word "bike," and Sheep learns how to ride one for the first time in her life. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18218 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Health; #704 "Pikeville Medical Center"; The man responsible for the growth of the Pikeville Medical Center says he'd like it to become the Mayo Clinic of the South. Watch Online