Wednesday 10/31/2012

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Noon EDT

KET: GED Connection; #110 "The GED Essay" [TV-G]; GED graduates describe test day and provide tips on writing the GED essay.

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; #507 "Michael McCall"; Michael McCall is the president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, overseeing 16 colleges and 68 campuses serving over 100,000 students. He will discuss how KCTCS is aiding the state with problems of unemployment, low graduation rates, and what President Obama meant when he said, "Community colleges are an undervalued asset in our country." A 2010 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

12:30 pm

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #102 "The Writing Process" [TV-G]; Outlines a three-step process: generating ideas, writing a rough draft, and revising/editing.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #103 "Daniel's Babysitter/Daniel Goes to School" [TV-Y]; Prince Tuesday comes to babysit Daniel Tiger while Mom Tiger and Dad Tiger go out dancing. When Daniel joins the rest of his friends at school, he doesn't want his Dad to leave - until Dad Tiger reminds him that "grownups come back." [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #174 "Wayne Rutherford"; Wayne Rutherford, County Judge of Pike County, talks about the current issues in Pike County. A 1980 KET production. Watch Online

1:00

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: Katie Brown Workshop; #312 "Light" [TV-G]; Katie heads to the shore with a customized beach bag full of delicious food: shrimp ceviche, pepper salad, and muffin-tin cookies. Gardening expert Pam Healey explains the basics of orchids and makes a sand-and-glass orchid vase.

KETKY: The National Parks: America's Best Idea; #104 "Going Home (1920-1933)" [TV-G]; As America embraces the automobile, a Nebraska housewife searches for peace and inspiration in park after park, while a honeymooning couple seeks fame and adventure in the Grand Canyon; and the future of the Great Smoky Mountains becomes caught in a race with the lumbermen's saws. [High-Definition]

1:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #211 "Haunted Roundhouse/Big Pond Pumpkin Patch" [TV-Y]; Dad takes the kids on a special Night Train to Troodon Town, where the Troodons have decorated their Roundhouse into a "haunted house" for a spooky party. The kids end up meeting a strange new nocturnal creature - a mammal named Vlad Volaticotherium. The Pteranodon family learns more about the customs of their neighbors, the Lambeosaurus family, when they are invited to accompany them to the Big Pond to celebrate "Gourd Day" - a kind of Mesozoic Halloween. [High-Definition]

KET2: For Your Home; #2606 "Building" [TV-G]; Vicki shares the latest on energy-efficient windows, doors, roofing, siding, and heating and cooling systems. Then visit a cutting-edge stone yard for expert advice on selecting the right stone. [High-Definition]

2:00

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: GED Connection; #118 "Themes in World History" [TV-G]; Major events, inventions, and ideas that have shaped the world and its cultures, from ancient Egypt to the modern Middle East.

2:30

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]

3:00

KET: Arthur; #1107 "Hic or Treat/Mr. Alwaysright" [TV-Y]; D.W. gets a case of the hiccups that just won't go away. Annoyed that Brain always seems to be right about everything, Buster becomes determined to catch him in a mistake. [High-Definition]

KET2: Clodagh's Irish Food Trails; #103 "Dublin and Dun Laoghaire" [TV-G]; The thriving markets of Temple Bar and Dun Laoghaire and a Belgian chocolatier are showcased. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Tod Browning: Master of the Macabre; Best known as the legendary director of the original Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, Louisville native Tod Browning produced and directed many influential silent films that dealt with underworld crime, children's stories, and women's rights. Written and produced by Tom Marksbury with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

3:30

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: Ciao Italia; #2219 "Cooking with Herbs/Cucinando Con Le Herbe" [TV-G]; Mary Ann and Bob Tomaselli make halibut in lemon sauce, baked fennel in white sauce with cheese and herb-flavored crumbs, and tasty green focaccia.

4:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #208 "Secrets of the Spider's Web" [TV-Y]; When the creature adventuring Kratt Brothers take a nasty tumble, the Wild Kratts sets off on a mission to find and recreate one of the greatest of all biotech engineering secrets - spider silk. [High-Definition]

KET2: Rudy Maxa's World; #102 "Rajasthan" [TV-G]; Rudy explores the royal rooms behind the sandstone walls of the Mehrangarh Fort, perched high above the city, and discovers an entire furniture industry in the back streets of Jodhpur. Here entrepreneurs collect and refurbish heirloom furniture, which then makes its way to stores around the world. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2904 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

4:30

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: Ciao Italia; #2219 "Cooking with Herbs/Cucinando Con Le Herbe" [TV-G]; Mary Ann and Bob Tomaselli make halibut in lemon sauce, baked fennel in white sauce with cheese and herb-flavored crumbs, and tasty green focaccia.

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #723 "Fly-Fishing/Eagleswings/Jay Bolotin" [TV-G]; Host Dave Shuffett goes fly-fishing with 97-year-old Hub Perdew of Frankfort, who shares his secret for longevity. Ohio County ministers run a teen center. And Louisville artist Jay Bolotin works on his mixed-media creation Limbus, a "mechanical opera" that's part music and part sculpture and is based on a real-life tragedy. A 2001 KET production. Watch Online

5:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17305 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #318 "Just Toying with Ruff" [TV-Y]; Toy magazine names Ruff's Action-to-the-Maxion Figure "Worst Toy of the Century." Ruff is eating ice cream when a reporter asks for a comment, and the shock causes him a severe case of brain freeze. Harsha and Sammy become radio reporters and do a news piece on brain freeze, and Ruff assigns Noel and DJ to invent a new Ruff Ruffman toy. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #510; Carter and Clark celebrate Homecoming Weekend at Murray State University. Jim and Sarah catch up with Gary Moore to find out the details behind the Homecoming t-shirt's unique designs. Plus, Sarah talks with Michael Dobbs and Aimee Beasley who were crowned Homecoming King and Queen. [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: Nightly Business Report; #31348 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope; #605 "Northern Ethiopia - Ancient History and Spiritual Present" [TV-G]; Joseph visits Northern Ethiopia to uncover its ancient history and discover its spiritual present thorough cultural adventures, myths, and legends. [High-Definition]

KETKY: 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

6:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10488 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions; #907 "The Grand Bahamas" [TV-G]; The early maps of the New World show the islands of the Bahamas as a chain that runs in an arc from the east coast of Florida to the top of Hispaniola. It was where Columbus first arrived in the Americas and each of its islands has a distinct culture. Burt takes us on a tour of the Grand Bahamas to find out what's grand.

KETKY: Conversations with Champions; #104 "Jim Host" [TV-G]; Host Billy Reed talks with Kentucky entrepreneur Jim Host, chair of the Louisville Arena Authority, which recently opened the new KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville. A Georgetown College production. [High-Definition] Watch Online