Monday 11/19/2012

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

6:00 pm EST

KET: BBC World News America; #17324 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #407 "Ruff Rocks The (Environmentally Sustainable) House!" [TV-Y]; Ruff is excited about being invited to play rock music in South Carolina - that is, until he realizes that his Swedish environmentalist-rock-star-cousin Ruf Rufman was actually invited to perform instead. In order to convince Ruf that he should play in the concert, Ruff sends Talia and Isaac to learn how to build a "green" doghouse. He then sends Sterling and Liza to rock n' roll band camp. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Louisville Life; #404 "Tori Murden McClure/Abbey of Gethsemani/Southern Baptist Seminary Sesquicentennial/John Gordon/Capriole Goat Cheese" [TV-G]; Adventurer and educator Tori Murden McClure shares details of her Louisville life, including why her new book, A Pearl in the Storm, focuses on her first unsuccessful attempt to row across the Atlantic; a visit to the Abbey of Gethsemani; a brief history of the Southern Seminary, the first seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention; John Gordon, chief meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Louisville, discusses the odd weather Louisville has received over the past 12 months; and the tasty and natural goat cheese of Capriole. A 2009 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

6:30

KET: Nightly Business Report; #31361 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Cyberchase; #603 "Unhappily Ever After" [TV-Y]; Hacker sneaks into Happily-Ever-Afterville, uncovers the Book of Unhappy Endings, releases them across the site, and crowns himself king. Wicked is so impressed that she becomes his queen, and together they delight as unhappy endings unfold. To rescue the site, the CyberSquad must get the book back from Hacker. [High-Definition]

KETKY: 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

7:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10501 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: This American Land; #208 "Digging for Dinosaurs, Sonoran Desert Protection, "Swamp People"" [TV-G]; Caroline Raville witnesses the recovery of thousands of pounds of dinosaur fossils by helicopter, deep in the Utah desert; a wide range of residents work to make sure wildlife and ancient artifacts in Arizona's Sonoran Desert are protected; and meet some self-proclaimed "swamp people" who make their living in the Okefenokee Swamp. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Accents; #1812 [TV-G]; Visit Rock City in Lookout Mountain, Ga.; Knoxville Music Show in Knoxville, Tenn.; Henderson Village Resort in Perry, Ga.; and Ivy Green (Helen Keller's Birthplace) in Tuscumbia, Ala.

7:30

KET2: Kentucky Health; #803 "Health Care Reform and Obamacare"; Valinda Rutledge, CEO of Jewish Hospital, and Dr. Mark Carter, CEO of Passport Health Plan, discuss health care reform and Obamacare. Watch Online

KETKY: Exploring an American Original; #103 "First Frontier Corridor"; The story of the permanent settlement of Kentucky begins at the Cumberland Gap. The "secret road" west through the dense Cumberland Mountains, long used by buffalo and deer, eluded explorers from America's Atlantic states for decades—though the Shawnee and Cherokee knew it well.

8:00

KET: Dust Bowl; #102 "Reaping The Whirlwind" [TV-PG]; Families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts - and a break in the drought in 1939 - eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations. [High-Definition]

KET2: Antiques Roadshow; #1420 "Naughty or Nice" [TV-G]; Enlivening the year-end holiday season, this lineup of favorite appraisals from past seasons will satisfy everyone's wish list. [High-Definition]

KETKY: A Tribute and a Toast to Opera; University of Kentucky opera students salute the best of opera with performances of a wide array of pieces from time-honored composers. Recorded before a live audience at the UK Singletary Center for the Arts, the production also features the UK Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor John Nardolillo. Dr. Everett McCorvey, director of the UK Opera Theatre, provides introductions and explanations of the selections. The program also includes behind-the-scenes looks at preparations for the gala from both the conductor's and the director's perspectives. A 2005 KET production.

9:00

KET2: Market Warriors; #108 "Antiquing In Canton, TX (Part 1)" [TV-PG]; The pickers head out to Canton, Texas, home to First Monday Trade Days - a large outdoor monthly market with a mixture of antiques and new wares. The challenge to find authentic Mission Oak furniture amid the recently made crafts puts one picker up against the clock. Key finds include a pair of Knoll Chairs, a Bostrom Brady Surveying Tool, and an antique document box. [High-Definition]

9:30

KETKY: Impresario; Profiles Everett McCorvey, director of the opera program at the University of Kentucky, as he tours from West Virginia to Brazil with the American Spiritual Ensemble and mounts a stage production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Produced by Eren McGinnis and Ari Palos with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

10:00

KET: Will Rogers and American Politics; [TV-G]; A profile of the man born part Cherokee who grew up to be world famous as a cowboy, comedian, author, columnist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, movie and radio star. [High-Definition]

KET2: Dust Bowl; #102 "Reaping The Whirlwind" [TV-PG]; Families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts - and a break in the drought in 1939 - eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations. [High-Definition]

KETKY: 2012 Governor's Awards in the Arts; #801; Gov. Steve Beshear honors Kentuckians for their achievements in the performing and visual arts. This year's recipients include William Francis, Bobbie Ann Mason, Gray Zeitz, UK HealthCare Arts in HealthCare Program, Latitude Artist Community, Christina Hartke Towell, Leona Waddell, U. S. Rep. John Yarmuth, and Jeffrey Lee Puckett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

11:00

KET: BBC World News; #23324 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Studio 89; #610 "Bill Kirchen"; Guitar master Bill Kirchen performs songs that exemplify his distinct style. [High-Definition]

11:30

KET: Kentucky Life; #1210 "Mammoth Jacks/Antique Clock Roadshow/Pickett State Park/Glasgow Highland Games" [TV-G]; Dr. Steve Aaron and his Mammoth Jacks—donkeys whose genetic line can be traced back to a gift from the king of Spain to George Washington; the Glasgow Highland Games; an antique clock appraisal event in Bowling Green; and Tennessee's Pickett State Park and Forest, a 12,000-acre Cumberland Mountains wonderland just south of Wayne County. A 2006 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

Midnight

KET: Workplace Essential Skills; #122 "Fractions, Decimals, and Percents" [TV-G]; Workplace uses of ratio, rate, and proportion. Watch Online

KET2: Tavis Smiley; #2736 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1222 "Dr. Clark's Kentucky Treasures" [TV-G]; A special expanded edition tours 11 places designated by the late historian Dr. Thomas Clark as sites every Kentuckian should visit: the Abbey of Gethsemani, Augusta, the Cane Ridge Meeting House, Cumberland Gap, the Falls of the Ohio, the Fitchburg Iron Furnace, Land Between the Lakes, Lilley Cornett Woods, Mammoth Cave, Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, and the Speed Art Museum. A 2006 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett.