Tuesday 11/20/2012

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Noon EST

KET: WordWorld; #305 "Race to the Spaceship/Sandbox Surprise" [TV-Y]; Frog must help Robot get to the top of WordWorld's highest mountain and build a spaceship in time to play spaceship tag. By adding one word to another, the WordFriends learn how to make a car, boat, and bike go faster. Duck and Dog become curious about compound wordswhen they discover the word "sandbox" is made of two words. How many words can they pull apart in WordWorld before chaos breaks loose? [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18236 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Time Capsule; #122 "All Your Parts Don't Wear Out at the Same Time"; In the 1970s, "old age" began to get a new image. Research and greater understanding of exercise and diet led to the realization that old age could be a time of vigorous activity. But how do you tell a society obsessed with youth about the value of having old people around? Actors Theatre of Louisville created a program to help old people spread the word about their worth. Watch Online

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #213 "Special T-Bone/Jetta's Sneak Peek" [TV-Y]; Emily Elizabeth works on a project for school about "What Makes Me Special," prompting all the dogs to think about what makes each one special. Jetta comes across Emily Elizabeth's private journal and just can't resist reading it. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bluegrass and Backroads; #916; White water rafting at Sheltowee Outfitters, meet artist Mike Mayda, visit Ale-8-One, andScott Travis on till vs. no-till farming. [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: GED Connection; #109 "Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization" [TV-G]; Tips on how to improve your writing mechanics.

KET2: Caillou; #307 "Caillou the Musician" [TV-Y]; Caillou pretends he's a rock 'n' roll drummer playing a big solo. After a shaky start, he leads his class as they march around the schoolyard. Then he and Clementine sing and dance together for the school talent show. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky General Assembly Live Interim Coverage; #347 "Task Force On Kentucky Public Pensions"

1:30

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #108 "Fiction" [TV-G]; Explores elements of fiction in short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery O'Connor, and James Baldwin and the contemporary novel Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, who reads an excerpt from the book.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #114 "Thank You, Grandpere Tiger!/Neighborhood Thank You Day" [TV-Y]; Daniel is sad that Grandpere Tiger can't come to the special Thank You Day celebration. Daniel has trouble deciding what to put in his note for the annual neighborhood Thank You Day celebration. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #189 "John B. Jett/Jim Ramage"; John B. Jett, National Reenactment Society, and Dr. John Ramage, professor of history at Northern Kentucky University, discuss General John Hunt Morgan. A 1981 KET production. Watch Online

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #213 "Zora's Art Adventure" [TV-Y]; The super readers venture into A Magical Art Adventure and join Zora, a young artist looking for ideas. [High-Definition]

KET2: Garden Smart; #2802 [TV-G]; The pros and cons of going native as gardening experts discuss native plants. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Gray Matters: The Silent Epidemic of Brain Injury; The leading cause of death and disability for people under 24, brain injury in Kentucky is double that of the national average. In this special, learn the major causes of brain injury in this state, including accidents in all-terrain vehicles, cars, and with equine and farm equipment; and trauma from military combat. The program also tells the stories of victims/survivors and their families. A 2010 KET production [High-Definition] Watch Online

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #103 "Beating the Heat/Flowers for Mom" [TV-Y]; Buddy and Tiny travel to the Jurassic to make a new friend, Morris Stegosaurus, and discover how this huge dinosaur keeps cool in the heat. The kids go to the big pond to look for flowers to give to Mom on her special Mothers Day. They find many different flowers while following a very busy bee. [High-Definition]

KET2: P. Allen Smith's Garden Home; #803 "Garden Home" [TV-G]; Allen's blue bird nest boxes are primed and ready for new residents. Allen also demonstrates how to use a greenhouse in the winter to start vegetable seedlings to replant outdoors in spring. [High-Definition]

2:55

KETKY: Gray Matters: The Silent Epidemic of Brain Injury; The leading cause of death and disability for people under 24, brain injury in Kentucky is double that of the national average. In this special, learn the major causes of brain injury in this state, including accidents in all-terrain vehicles, cars, and with equine and farm equipment; and trauma from military combat. The program also tells the stories of victims/survivors and their families. A 2010 KET production [High-Definition] Watch Online

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #206 "Manatees and Mermaids/The Last Chocolate" [TV-Y]; Matilda the manatee and her son, Marlin, teach Nick and Sally how to swim slowly. Nick and Sally help make chocolate. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #109 "Dimensions"; Basic concepts in geometry, including length, width, and area; using maps and grids; expressing locations in three dimensions.

KETKY: Once Upon a Vision; Depicts the early days of Berea College. Author Alex Haley serves as host and storyteller. Watch Online

3:30

KET: Curious George; #610 "No Knowing Gnocchi/Here Comes The Tide" [TV-Y]; George decides to follow Gnocchi on her adventures to figure out what causes his cat friend to leave home and roam. When a treasure hunt at the beach leaves George and Marco staring into a big, empty hole, they decide to bury their own treasure chest. [High-Definition]

KET2: Crossroads Café; #122 "Helping Hands" [TV-G]; The café employees help a homeless man get on his feet, and Jamal and his family take a trip. Vocabulary: asking for and giving permission; life skills: coping with financial pressures.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #402 "Hide and Snake/Muffy's New Best Friend" [TV-Y]; The kids learn that a snake they have captured may be poisonous—but not before it gets loose in Arthur's house. Muffy realizes that she and Francine don't share all the same interests and starts interviewing candidates for the position of new best friend. [High-Definition]

KET2: Tennessee Wild Side; #2410 [TV-G]; College professor David Etnier has literally changed the way people look at Tennessee's environment, view the bald eagles along the Cumberland River, Bethel University in McKenzie has an official bass team, a duck hunt for those in wheelchairs, and more on recycling. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Appalachians; #103 [TV-G]; As the 20th century begins, the phonograph and the radio expose the mountain people to new influences and take mountain music across America. But times are hard, and Appalachia falls into an economic depression even before the rest of the country. President Roosevelt's New Deal brings electricity, WPA and CCC jobs, and new infrastructure, and FDR becomes a hero in Appalachia. Then World War II begins taking many young people away from the mountains, and postwar mechanization replaces coal miners and sends more people to Northern cities in search of jobs. For those who try to stay home, it becomes harder to hold onto land as state and federal governments claim property for dams and family farmsteads are flooded. The 1960s War on Poverty again sends federal aid into Appalachia, but television and magazines show painful images of hunger and poverty, reinforcing the stereotype of the poor hillbilly.

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #221 "Earth Day Girl/A Hero, A Thief, A Store and Its Owner" [TV-Y7]; When the Birthday Girl learns that the Earth is having a special celebration (on her birthday!) she decides to teach the Earth a lesson. A police officer arrives at the jewelry store only to find Reginald, Chuck, Captain Huggy Face, and WordGirl encased in condiment cocoons. He questions everyone, but uncovering the truth from a superhero, a villain, a monkey, and a dramatic jewelry store clerk isn't as easy as it sounds. [High-Definition]

KET2: In The Americas with David Yetman; #110 "Peru: People of the Altiplano" [TV-G]; David learns about the fascinating past and present of the Quechua people in the Peruvian highlands. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #137 "Stuck On Sharks" [TV-Y]; Martin and Chris are on a mission to uncover the secret life of the mysterious Great White Shark. They use Aviva's incredible Remora Rocketsub to "stick with" a female shark and soon learn that the giant predator of the sea actually has lots of challenges. But when Gourmand sniffs around looking for ingredients for his Shark Fin Soup recipe, the Wild Kratts team must help rescue their new friend. [High-Definition]

KET2: MotorWeek; #3211 "Callaway Corvette" [TV-G]; Road tests of the 25th Anniversary Callaway Corvette, 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427, and the 2013 Audi Allroad. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #513; Jim and Sarah meet visitors from across the country and one from Scotland who came to speak at Murray State. Sarah talks with Bobbie Smith Bryant, associate producer of a short documentary featuring a local tobacco farm in Calloway County. Plus, a new segment with Jason Lindsey who is "Hooked on Science." [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #202 "A Whole New Francine" [TV-Y]; Francine decides to be a nicer person, but is it just a ploy to get invited into The Electric Company? [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Afield; #2907 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #815 "Hawksview Gallery/Ron Thomas/Wild Cave Tour" [TV-G]; The glass-blowing studio of Michel and Bernie North, woodturner Ron Thomas, and a tour of Mammoth Cave for the truly adventurous. A 2002 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett.

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17325 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #408 "Doggie Duties" [TV-Y]; Ruff has to go... bad! He tries to get through the show without an accident, and learns from Liza and Sterling all about "dog duties." He also finds out how astronauts deal with waste in space when he sends Bethany and Isaac to NASA to learn about recycling liquids on the International Space Station. [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.