Friday 10/26/2012

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1:00 pm EDT

KET: GED Connection; #102 "Passing the GED Writing Test" [TV-G]; Advice on how to prepare for the GED writing test, with sample test questions.

KET2: Caillou; #426 "Fall Is in the Air" [TV-Y]; Caillou and Rosie play in piles of fallen leaves, Caillou and Dad make a jack-o'-lantern, Grandma bakes a pumpkin pie, and Caillou goes trick-or-treating as an astronaut. In November, Thanksgiving seems like a big hassle until Mom and Dad explain its significance, which gets Caillou into the spirit. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #503 "Joe Craft"; Bill speaks with Hazard native Joe Craft III, president and CEO of Alliance Resource Management, one of the largest coal producers in the world. An alumni of the University of Kentucky, Craft has provided funding for the Joe Craft Center, a state-of-the-art practice facility for UK's men's and women's basketball team and the future Wildcat Coal Lodge, home to the men's UK basketball team. A 2010 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

1:30

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #101 "Getting Ideas on Paper" [TV-G]; Successful writers and adult learners share ideas on how to get started writing.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #115 "The Class Votes/The Neighborhood Votes" [TV-Y]; Daniel and his classmates get to choose between a bunny or a turtle as a their new class pet! The Tiger family is going to Clock Factory Park today to hear a big announcement from King Friday. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #171 "Jasper Ward"; Architect Jasper Ward talks about some of the buildings he designed in Louisville. A 1980 KET production. Watch Online

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #135 "The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Halloween" [TV-Y]; On Halloween, Pig is too frightened to go trick-or-treating with his friends. The Super Readers pay a visit to Little Ghost, who's a bit of a scaredy cat himself, to teach him that there's more to Halloween than meets the eye. [High-Definition]

KET2: Lidia's Italy In America; #117 "Baltimore: A Baltimore Classic - The Civic Club Sandwich" [TV-G]; Lidia heads to Baltimore, where she visits an institution of Italian food: Di Pasquale's market. Back in the kitchen, Lidia prepares Spiedini alla Romana, Minestrone, and the Italian-American Civic Club Sandwich. [High-Definition]

KETKY: News Quiz; #2807 [TV-G]; [High-Definition] Watch Online

2:15

KETKY: DanceSense; #107 "Ballet"; Explores dance as a means of creative expression—focusing on the history, vocabulary, and style of ballet—as well as the viewer's role in responding to and appreciating a dance performance. Watch Online

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #116 "Night Train/Fossil Fred" [TV-Y]; Dad, Buddy, and Tiny take a special ride on the Dinosaur Train at night, learning about animals that are active after dark, culminating at the Big Pond for a nature walk under the full moon. Buddy, Tiny, and Don play "detective" and search around the Big Pond for fossils. The kids end up finding an entire skeleton of a Jurassic dinosaur. [High-Definition]

KET2: Simply Ming; #923 "Andre Chiang & Cooking with Our Senses" [TV-G]; Ming and Chef Andre Chiang create memorable culinary creations with pristine, fresh ingredients. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Renfro Valley: Kentucky's Country Music Capital; A look at the history of the renowned music barn through archival footage and interviews. A KET Fund for Independent Production. Watch Online

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #141 "Aye Aye!/Trick Or Treat" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally are making Halloween masks, but they want to make them really scary. Cat takes them to meet Aiya, the Aye Aye, in the forest of Spookywoowoo. It's Halloween! The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Nick trick or treating - his way! Around the world they go, meeting three new friends who teach them each of the tricks they do and share the treats that they like to eat. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #101 "Beginning"; Orientation to the series; basic mathematics vocabulary; applying math to real-life settings.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #603 "Auctioneer George/Sock Monkey Opera" [TV-Y]; George wins an auction for red elephant mittens for $101, but only has one dollar. Later, George performs a sock-puppet version of the "Hansel and Gretel" opera for Betsy, who has chicken pox. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #102 "Getting Up to Speed"; Basic concepts of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1010 "Kentucky's Last Great Places: A Kentucky Life Special" [TV-G]; A rare opportunity to journey to some of the few remaining places that look much as they did when the first European settlers began arriving in Kentucky. Inspired by the book Kentucky's Last Great Places, written and photographed by Thomas Barnes, host Dave Shuffett explores hidden areas in every corner of the Commonwealth. A 2004 KET production.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1405 "Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny" [TV-Y]; When the local comic book store changes ownership, the new darker and scarier comics are right up Fern's alley. But Arthur can't seem to stomach them and now he's worried. Is it wrong to be afraid? Maybe his friends will be more supportive than he realizes. Arthur and Francine enter their pets to compete against each other in the "Perfect Pet" video contest. Pal is SO cute and Nemo knows so many tricks! Who will win? But after jumping through hoops - literally - Nemo and Pal decide that enough is enough. [High-Definition]

KET2: Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence; #110 "Ticket to Provence" [TV-G]; Joanne begins with a bright fresh citrus salad and a dish of braised cod with leeks and potato. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #209 "Tobey's Tricks and Treats/Escape Wham" [TV-Y7]; After losing the costume contest at school, Tobey sets his Robots on a candy-stealing spree and vows to ruin Halloween. When both Chuck and the Whammer attempt to steal famous, priceless Henry VIII artifacts, WordGirl assumes they're partners in crime. But instead of working together, the two villains end up battling each other. [High-Definition]

KET2: Cuisine Culture; #113 "Shaul Ben Aderet" [TV-G]; Israel is the final stop where Ashley James will try the fusions of European and Middle Eastern cuisine being created by rising star chefs. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #136 "A Bat in the Brownies" [TV-Y]; When a little brown bat crashlands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris out set out to convince Aviva, Jimmy Z, and Koki that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the brothers follow their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when the bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. [High-Definition]

KET2: Connections with Renee Shaw; #808 "Alice Strong-Simmons"; Renee sits down with Alice Strong-Simmons, the central area director of The Links, Incorporated. Strong-Simmons discusses how the all-female African-American service organization is tackling issues including academic achievement gap and health disparities. [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #307 "Spooky Summer Soiree" [TV-Y]; Everyone dresses up as animals dressed as monsters for the Spooky Summer Soiree costume party. [High-Definition]

KET2: Louisville Life; #603 "Coach Mo/Scheller's Fitness/Lisa Sutton/Morgan Murphy"; Meet Louisville's Mozziz "Coach Mo" DeWalt, a former contestant on The Biggest Loser, who is leading others to a healthier, active life; since 1979, Scheller's Fitness has been a Louisville mainstay in helping people stay fit; an interview with Lisa Sutton, executive director of the House of Ruth and an authority on AIDS services; and author and Southern Living writer Morgan Murphy talks about his book, Off the Eaten Path, about southern dives and the recipes that made them famous, including his Louisville and Kentucky picks. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #720 "Oral History Commission/Harmonics/High School Choruses" [TV-G]; The Kentucky Oral History Commission, begun in 1976, has one of the largest and most accessible collections of taped interviews in the country. A band of seniors in Louisville entertains with harmonicas and nostalgic songs. And high school singers perform in two choruses formed through the 2001 Kentucky Music Educators Association all-state audition process. A 2001 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17300 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #319 "The Ol' Switcheroo" [TV-Y]; Ruff has been tapped to play goalie in a celebrity hockey tournament. What's even scarier is that his opponents are inmates from Poodle Island, including his twin brother, Scruff. Terrified, he sends Harsha and DJ out to engineer a "puck stopper." Meanwhile, Ruff discovers that Scruff is actually living in his doghouse, so he gets Jay and Noel to swap houses for a day. [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]

6:30

KET: Nightly Business Report; #31345 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Cyberchase; #118 "Problem Solving in Shangri-La" [TV-Y]; While being held captive by Hacker on a ship, the kids are taken prisoner by a peaceful but mysterious Zen Master. He devises a game of strategy to test their problem-solving skills, with freedom as the prize for the winner. The kids discover that each of them has a different way of solving problems and decide to work together to defeat Hacker and gain everyone's freedom. [High-Definition]

7:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10485 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Collectibles; #101; Expert appraisers examine treasures including an autographed Babe Ruth baseball, a Harpers Ferry pistol, and an amazing snuff bottle collection. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Prominent Kentuckians in the United States Senate; #101 "Henry Clay: Kentucky Titan"; Henry Clay, Sr., was a lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives and was also Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829. [High-Definition]