Sunday 10/28/2012

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KET: Bluegrass Underground; #208 "The Timejumpers" [TV-PG]; With lead vocals provided by Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Vince Gill, and "Ranger Doug" Green, this band features Music City's instrumental A-list, including Paul Franklin, Dennis Crouch, Jeff Taylor, with Gill and Andy Reiss swapping guitar duties. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nature; #3002 "Magic of the Snowy Owl" [TV-PG]; This episode explores the world of the snowy owl, a bird recently made popular by Hedwig, Harry Potter's faithful companion, and looks at how these majestic birds survive in the tundra on the North Slope of Alaska. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Wilderness Road; Author and University of Kentucky professor Gurney Norman retraces the route of the famous pioneer trail from Kingsport, TN to Boonesborough and gets perspectives on the region's history from a retired forester, a Cherokee teacher, and a Laurel County farmer. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KET: Official Best of Fest; #208 "Fate" [TV-PG]; Luka, The End Is Night, and The Unique Oneness of Christian Savage are three films about fate. [High-Definition]

KET: POV; #2512 "Nostalgia for the Light" [TV-14]; Archaeologists dig for ancient civilizations, women search for their loved ones, and astronomers scan the skies for new galaxies in Chile's Atacama Desert. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nova; #3815 "Iceman Murder Mystery" [TV-PG]; Scientists investigate Otzi the Iceman, the famous mummified corpse pulled from a glacier in the Italian Alps nearly two decades ago, revealing not only the details of Otzi's death, but an entire way of life. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Jubilee; #1607 "Sierra Hull & Highway 111"; Rising mandolin star Sierra Hull and her band Highway 111 perform at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Nova scienceNOW; #603 "How Smart Can We Get?" [TV-PG]; From a man who suddenly acquired an extraordinary musical gift after a freak head injury to a "memory athlete" who can remember strings of hundreds of random numbers, David Pogue meets people stretching the boundaries of what the human mind can do. [High-Definition]

KETKY: WoodSongs; #1013 "Celebrations of the Ozarks and Arkansas" [TV-G]; A celebration of music from the Ozarks and Arkansas including performances by The Cleverlys, Bonnie Montegomery, Tim Crouch & Gary Rounds, and Clarke Buehling.

KET: Live from the Artists Den; #502 "The Wallflowers" [TV-PG]; Surrounded by the Art Deco glamor of Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, The Wallflowers perform classic hits and new songs from their forthcoming album. [High-Definition]

KET2: POV; #2512 "Nostalgia for the Light" [TV-14]; Archaeologists dig for ancient civilizations, women search for their loved ones, and astronomers scan the skies for new galaxies in Chile's Atacama Desert. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Saint Joseph College: A Triumph of Faith; A historical documentary about the Bardstown college, once a leading institution of religion and learning in the South.

KET: Rockin' The Wall; [TV-G]; Rockin' the Wall presents the history of the Berlin Wall through the experiences of well-know rock musicians and those who lived behind the wall. [High-Definition]

KET: New Environmentalists; "From Kenya to The Arctic Circle" [TV-G]; Six passionate and dedicated activists fight for environmental justice in their communities. [High-Definition]

KET2: Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent; [TV-PG]; For more than 150 years, Fort Niagara protected a strategic point at the mouth of the Niagara River in Youngstown, NY. Four nations struggled to conquer it and thus control that critical water artery. Rare archival materials, expert commentary, and reenactments recount the history of the fort from its beginnings through modern times. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Jewish Kentucky; The majority of Jewish Kentuckians immigrated in waves from Germany, Eastern Europe, or by virtue of religious intolerance. This special describes how a family from each of these categories found its way to the Commonwealth.

KET: Raggs; #209 "Exploring Transportation" [TV-Y]; Raggs pretends to fly on an imaginary journey to Magic Land and tries all sorts of ways to get there. The dogs have to transport some eggs to Charlene the Chicken. But the eggs are very fragile and they have to find a safe way to move them. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Our Kentucky; See the Commonwealth as you have never seen it before. Explore Kentucky's scenic and natural beauty in high-definition. A 2009 KET production.

KET: Barney & Friends; #1302 "Big Brother Rusty: China" [TV-Y]; Barney's excited to find out that Rusty's family is adopting a new baby girl from China. Rusty's not sure if he's going to be a good brother, and he doesn't know much about China. Barney takes him, BJ, and Baby Bop on an adventure to China where he can learn more about his new sister's heritage. By the time he returns to the park, Rusty excitedly meets his new baby sister and realizes he will be the best big brother ever! [High-Definition]

KET: Sesame Street; #4306 "A Song for the Letter G" [TV-Y]; The letter "G" doesn't have a song about the sounds he can make, so Elmo and Rosita try to help. [High-Definition]

KET2: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly; #1608 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #111 "Rich and the Po' Folk"; Letcher County's Rich and the Po' Folks was formed by a group of friends that shared a love for the traditional mountain music of East Kentucky and Southwest Virginia. Their music is drawn from Appalachian fiddlers, banjo players, singers, and songwriters. [High-Definition]