Friday 11/16/2012

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4:00 pm EST

KET: Arthur; #401 "D.W.'s Library Card/Arthur's Big Hit" [TV-Y]; D.W. is thrilled to be getting a library card of her very own. But things aren't going as well for Arthur, who must ponder the question of whether it's ever OK to hit someone. [High-Definition]

KET2: Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence; #113 "Asia Express" [TV-G]; Joanne and her student prepare grilled yellowtail tuna burgers with wasabi mayonnaise and Thai cabbage and grapefruit slaw. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Wonder Team; Documentary about the Centre College football team (circa 1917) that became one of the most dominant programs in all of college football. Their rise to power culminated in the defeat of the mighty Harvard University in 1921, a game many experts agree is one of the greatest upsets in the history of college sports.

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #202 "The Two-Brains Boogie/Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey" [TV-Y7]; Becky's really excited about the big field day competition at school. But when Tobey wins the potato sack race and the flexed arm hang, she suspects something is awry. Becky has to figure out Tobey's tricks or else lose her chance at winning the coveted super deluxe teachers-only magic markers. Dr. Two Brains is at it again—this time he's threatening to turn all the town's buildings into cheese. When he traps WordGirl outside the city limits she has to figure out how to stop his cheesy plan and get to the Boogie Oogie Oogie dance contest on time! [High-Definition]

KET2: Cuisine Culture; #102 "Josiah Citrin, Los Angeles" [TV-G]; Chef Josiah Citrin prepares a Liberty Duck Breast a l'Orange served with a colorful blood orange reduction and tender baby turnips and warm crispy beignets served with spiced chocolate sauce and cream gelato. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #130 "The Food Chain Game" [TV-Y]; Aviva wants to build a food web for the African savannah, so she devises a game and Martin and Chris accept her challenge! They will each start as a blade of grass and climb to the top of the food web in a game of "Power Suit Creature Tag." [High-Definition]

KET2: Connections with Renee Shaw; #726 "Dr. Demetra Antimisiaris"; Dr. Demetra E. Antimisiaris, associate professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Louisville and oversees the Polypharmacy Initiative, which is dedicated to fighting inappropriate medication prescribing and use in older adults, discusses the trend toward multiple prescriptions and how to recognize the side effects of over-medication. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Leadership Landscape; #102 "David Jones Sr."; Kirt talks to David Jones Sr., co-founder and chairman emeritus of Humana, Inc.

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #125 "Franscent" [TV-Y]; Francine ruins both her science project and Lisa's. The two rivals need find a way to work together on a new project or they'll both fail. [High-Definition]

KET2: Louisville Life; #403 "Rachel Helson/The Event Company/Lou Tate and the Hill Sisters/Marlene Gordon/Just Creations" [TV-G]; Native Louisvillian, author, and Tony-Award nominated producer Rachel Helson discusses what has driven her to succeed at 20 years of age; a visit to The Event Company, a local company producing national events; honoring Lou Tate (nationally-acclaimed textile weaver) and the Hill Sisters (of "Happy Birthday to You" fame) near the Little Loomhouse; an interview with Marlene Gordon, executive director of Louisville's Coalition for the Homeless; and a visit to Just Creations, a unique store that assists low-income craftspeople around the world by selling their products. A 2009 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #813 "Larkspur Press/GO Women/Sculptor Wyatt Gragg" [TV-G]; An Owen County printer who hand-sets type and publishes many of Kentucky's most respected authors, a Clark County organization promoting social and economic change for women of Eastern and Central Kentucky, and a Louisville sculptor who had many professions before rediscovering his childhood interest in impressions and casting. A 2002 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett.

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17321 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #406 "Finding Eight-Legged Tights Isn't Easy" [TV-Y]; It turns out that Ruff has two phobias: spiders and ballet! Ruff sends Sterling and Bethany (someone else who shares his fear of spiders) out to meet an arachnologist to work in a spider lab, and gives Brian another daunting assignment - to become a ballet dancer! [High-Definition]

KETKY: Historic Archaeology: Beneath Kentucky's Fields and Streets; Explores new archaeology investigations into the lives of farmers, slaves, soldiers, immigrants, and laborers during the 1800s in Kentucky. [High-Definition] Watch Online

6:30

KET: Nightly Business Report; #31360 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Cyberchase; #122 "Model Behavior" [TV-Y]; To protect themselves from Hacker's constant attempts to capture cybersite Happily-Ever-After, the King and his fairy-tale subjects construct a glass Skywall. But Hacker unfolds a scheme to crack open the Skywall using the Wicked Witch's Voice, and the kids must construct a model of the situation to outwit him. [High-Definition]

7:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10500 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Collectibles; #104; Expert appraisers examine treasures including a baseball signed by several Hall of Famers, a watch fob known as "The Rock," and an Italian Revival Lamp worth a lot more than the purchase price of $25. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Olmsted in Louisville; Renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted is best known for designing New York's Central Park. But his last achievement was the design of Louisville's elaborately beautiful city park system. A 2000 KET production. Watch Online

7:30

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #921 "Financial Thought Leaders: John C. Bogle" [TV-RE]

8:00

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3903; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with guest host Bill Bryant of WKYT-TV in Lexington Guests: Kenny Colston, Frankfort bureau chief, Kentucky Public Radio; Janet Patton, business reporter, Lexington Herald-Leader; and Mike Wynn, reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #501 "Preserve The Romance" [TV-PG]; Martin finds his return to London delayed by the birth of his son, and then again by some sad news. Meanwhile he begins to have serious doubts about the competency of the new doctor after she misdiagnoses a patient and dishes out prescriptions for totally inappropriate drugs. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1110 "Wild and Scenic Kentucky: A Kentucky Life Special" [TV-G]; Dave Shuffett rafts, canoes, sails, kayaks, rides, hikes, and bikes his way around Kentucky, enjoying wildlife and outdoor adventure across the state. Sights include the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River, Breaks Interstate Park, the Pine Mountain Trail, black bears at Kingdom Come State Park, Daniel Boone National Forest, Cave Run Lake, the Red River and its surrounding natural arches, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, the Ohio River, the museum at Big Bone Lick State Park, Clifty Falls State Park in Southern Indiana, Mammoth Cave National Park, Land Between the Lakes, Audubon State Park, wetlands at Henderson Sloughs WMA, and Reelfoot Lake. Watch Online

8:30

KET: The McLaughlin Group; #3047 [TV-RE]

9:00

KET: Washington Week; #5220 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Movie Classics; #1051 "Rocky" [TV-PG]; A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, and Burgess Meredith star. (1976) [High-Definition]

9:30

KET: Need To Know; #262 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

10:00

KET: Broadway: The American Musical; #106 "Putting It Together (1980-Present)" [TV-PG]; David Merrick has a smash with an adaptation of the movie musical 42nd Street, and Cameron Mackintosh redefines the business of show business with Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon. Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George defies categorization, while Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles has two men sing a love song to each other for the first time on Broadway—a breakthrough soon overshadowed by the decimation of the AIDS crisis. Julie Taymor brings Disney to Broadway with a triumphant re-imagining of The Lion King, composer Jonathan Larson scores a bittersweet victory with the rock-flavored Rent, and the old-style musical is reborn in Mel Brooks' The Producers. Growing corporate dominance is evidenced by shows like Wicked. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #109 "Harriette Arnow/Ourselves and That Promise" [TV-G]; In interviews filmed not long before her death, Harriet Simpson Arnow, author of the The Dollmaker, describes the basic biographical details of her life and reveals the difficulties of being a writer, a wife, and a mother. And. three contemporary Kentuckians, James Still, Robert Penn Warren, and Billy Davis, discuss their work and its relationship to the environment in which they live.