Tuesday 11/6/2012

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KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #402 "Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing!" [TV-Y]; Ruff is determined to find the lost Helmet of Victory - an old Ruffman family heirloom that is said to bestow success upon its wearer - and Ruff needs success for his show. Unfortunately, Ruff's owner has set up a new picket fence to keep him yard-bound. He sends Liza and Isaac to learn how to pole vault over the fence, and sends Bethany and Talia out to learn everything they can about fencing. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Tonight; #2001 "2012 Election"; A discussion about the 2012 election. Scheduled guests: Matt Erwin, communications director for the Kentucky Democratic Party; Steve Robertson, chair of the Republican Party of Kentucky; Jennifer Moore, a lawyer, founder of Emerge Kentucky, and former chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party; and John David Dyche, a lawyer, Louisville Courier-Journal columnist, and author of Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Cyberchase; #204 "True Colors" [TV-Y]; A supposedly "reformed" Hacker runs for election against Motherboard, claiming to have done five good deeds and promising to turn over a new leaf. Can the kids prove that his claims are false, or will Hacker be elected the new ruler of cyberspace? [High-Definition]

KET: Election 2012; #2502; Comprehensive coverage of Kentucky election returns in races for president, U.S. representative, and Kentucky Senate and House seats. Anchors Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw are joined in the studio by political observers Al Cross, John David Dyche, and Jennifer Moore. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Music Voyager; #307 "Israel: Tel Aviv - Rocking Israel" [TV-PG]; Jacob Edgar meets revered singer-songwriter Ehud Banai, popular sing Karolina, and producer and remixer Kutiman. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #108 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category/Coal Miner: Frank Jackson/UMWA: A House Divided" [TV-G]; Nimrod Workman was born in 1895 and spent his life raising a family of eleven by working in the West Virginia coal mines. The film is an extended visit at his home as he and his family prepare meals, build an addition to the house, dig for yellow root, swap jokes with the neighbors, and enjoy each other's company. Next, an early Appalshop film juxtaposes coal miner Frank Jackson's personal recollections of union organizing and mining work with scenes of him in and around the mines. Also, a film of a speech given by W.A. Boyle, president of UMWA, at a miners' rally in Big Stone Gap, Va., in the summer of 1970 with scenes at a mine and interviews with working and disabled miners.

KET2: One to One with Bill Goodman; #739 "Al Cross"; Bill and Al Cross preview the 2012 election. Cross is the director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, Louisville Courier-Journal columnist, and KET election night analyst. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: PBS NewsHour Election Night 2012: A Special Report; [TV-RE]; Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff co-anchor live gavel-to-gavel coverage of election results. [High-Definition]

KET2: Islands of Britain; #102 "The West" [TV-PG]; The journey includes tiny island of Piel, near Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria; the chain of islands known as the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, which are surrounded by some of the most dangerous seas in Britain; the Isle of Man; and Rathlin, the only inhabited island off the coast of Northern Ireland. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Collectibles; #103; Expert appraisers examine treasures including an original Woodstock poster, a Thomas Hart Benton lithograph, and an 18th century still life passed down through a Kentucky family for more than 200 years. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Sight and Insight: Travels with Orbis; Follows Lexington eye surgeon Dr. Woodford Van Meter from his roots in Bourbon County and his job teaching at the University of Kentucky to distant, sometimes dangerous lands where he performs sight-restoring corneal transplants on people in dire need. Ashley Judd narrates.

KET2: Hollywood Biography; #501 "Cary Grant: The Leading Man" [TV-PG]; Family photos, archival footage, and film clips vividly convey Cary Grant's journey from lonely working-class beginnings to the peak of Hollywood royalty. The episode includes his first starring role in She Done Him Wrong and his discovery by Mae West. Other film clips includes His Girl Friday, Notorious, An Affair To Remember, North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief, and others.

KETKY: Recollections: Governors' Roundtable; Eight former Kentucky governors—Edward T. (Ned) Breathitt, Louie B. Nunn, Wendell H. Ford, Julian M. Carroll, John Y. Brown Jr., Martha Layne Collins, Wallace Wilkinson, and Brereton C. Jones—share perspectives on their years in office, including some of the lighter moments. Veteran broadcast journalist Ferrell Wellman hosts. A 2000 KET production.

KET2: Pioneers of Television; #101 "Sitcoms" [TV-G]; Focuses on five key sitcoms: I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Make Room for Daddy, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. [High-Definition]

KETKY: My Kentucky Home; #102 "Caldwell County"; A historical look at Caldwell County.

KET2: Pioneers of Television; #101 "Sitcoms" [TV-G]; Focuses on five key sitcoms: I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Make Room for Daddy, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Henry Clay and the Struggle for the Union; [TV-G]; The documentary looks at the role of Henry Clay in holding off the War between the States. It explores the impact of slavery on the expansion of the Nation westward and how conflict between the North and South was irrepressible. The film is lavishly illustrated with stunning period photographs and art, footage of the old senate chamber, and dramatic interpretations performed by actors of Clay and his senate colleagues. [High-Definition]

KET: GED Connection; #105 "Organized Writing" [TV-G]; Experienced writers offer useful organizing techniques.

KET2: PBS NewsHour Election Night 2012: A Special Report; [TV-RE]; Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff co-anchor live gavel-to-gavel coverage of election results. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Classical Discovery: Euntaek Kim and Kentucky's Young Musicians Perform; In a concert from the W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre in Louisville, 17-year-old pianist Euntaek Kim and young Louisville-area musicians offer a moving interpretation of Schumann's Carnaval. Behind-the-scenes segments profile the Gheens Great Expectations project, which brought Kim to Louisville, and the extraordinary young artist himself. Also featured are the Louisville Youth Choir, the New Albany A Cappella Singers, and the Louisville Youth Orchestra conducted by Robert Franz. A 2005 KET production.