Thursday 11/22/2012

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Noon EST

KET: WordWorld; #103 "Rocket to the Moon/The Birds" [TV-Y]; When Frog needs to rescue the Little Piggies from the moon, he learns to appreciate lowercase letters. Sheep discovers a large egg and has to take care of it until she can find Bird and return it to its rightful owner. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18238 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: 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

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #215 "Another Fine Mess/King Mac" [TV-Y]; Emily Elizabeth hates cleaning her room, but eventually she realizes that she's spending all of her time looking for things instead of having fun. Believing that he is responsible for getting Mac into trouble, T-Bone goes overboard to help him in any way he can. Then Mac starts to take advantage of his friend's guilt. [High-Definition]

KETKY: 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

1:00

KET: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; #1500 "Pets" [TV-Y]; Mister Rogers visits the National Zoo in Washington, DC and helps make dinner for the pandas. [High-Definition]

KET2: Caillou; #309 "Caillou the Explorer" [TV-Y]; Caillou imagines himself playing with penguins at the South Pole and searching for alligators in a bayou. After pretending to be a tiny deep-sea diver swimming in the fishtank, he discovers that a new girl in school knows a lot about fish. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #546 "Erin Cox"; Bill speaks with Erin Cox, literary agent for Rob Weisbach Creative Management, a comprehensive company that provides development, representation, and strategic career management for writers, visual artists, designers, and editors. Cox was most recently book publishing director at The New Yorker, and began her career in 1999 in the publicity department at Scribner. [High-Definition] Watch Online

1:30

KET: Thomas & Friends; #701 "Clever Ideas" [TV-Y]; Thomas is given the special job of delivering a giraffe to the Sodor Wildlife Centre. He is so excited about making friends with the giraffe that he doesn't go straight to the Wildlife Centre as instructed. Instead, Thomas collects leaves and fresh fruit from the other engines to give to the giraffe. James refuses to wear a lamp for working at night because it looks silly. Then, because he can't see very well, he picks up the wrong people - farmers and animals instead of VIPs for a grand concert. [High-Definition]

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; #191 "Gov. Albert B. Chandler"; Former Kentucky Governor Albert B. "Happy" Chandler discusses his time in office from 1935/1939 and 1955/1959. A 1981 KET production. Watch Online

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #164 "The Cookbook" [TV-Y]; Whyatt wants to bake Baby Joy a special birthday cake - but he doesn't know how! Super Why and his friends soar into a new kind of book - a cookbook - and get the information they need from a rhyming chef with a silly sense of humor as well as a recipe for fun! In the end, Whyatt learns how to cook up the perfect birthday for his little sister. [High-Definition]

KET2: It's Sew Easy; #203 "Couture Details" [TV-G]; A demonstration on button holes, a peak seam, and embroidering on a collar are highlighted. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Head of the Holler; #203 "Lee Smith"; Silas House, director of Berea College's Appalachian Center, talks with Lee Smith, author of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, Saving Grace, and other works. [High-Definition]

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #105 "One Smart Dinosaur/Petey the Peteinosaurus" [TV-Y]; Buddy and Tiny want to test their memory, so they ride the dinosaur train and spend some time with the conductor, since he's a Troodon with a great memory. Buddy and Tiny ride the dinosaur train to meet Petey Peteinosaurus, a "flying lizard," who is fun, funny, and friendly, and has some features similar to both Buddy and Tiny! [High-Definition]

KET2: Scrapbook Soup; #205 "Coordinated Looks" [TV-G]; Three coordinated looks from one collection, stamps and dies that match, and a way to enhance 3D embellishments for a coordinated look are featured. [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.

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #134 "Amazing Eyes/Water Walkers" [TV-Y]; Three different animals with very different ways of seeing help the kids find a missing guinea pig. Cat takes the kids to Splishy Splashy Pond to meet Walker the water strider, who shows them how he can stay on top of the water with the help of air bubbles. [High-Definition]

KET2: Martin Clunes: The Lemurs of Madagascar; [TV-PG]; British actor Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) travels to Madagascar to explore and expose the urgent plight of lemurs. [High-Definition]

3:30

KET: Curious George; #220 "Curious George Beats the Band/Hats and a Hole" [TV-Y]; The symphony maestro announces that George is the winner of the conductor-for-a-day contest. While digging a large hole, George learns to appreciate hard hats, shovels, wheelbarrows, and ladders. [High-Definition]

4:00

KET: Arthur; #314 "Mom and Dad Have A Great Big Fight/D.W.'s Perfect Wish" [TV-Y]; When their parents fight over spilled milk, Arthur and D.W. worry that it was their fault—and wonder whether either Mom or Dad will have to move out. D.W. fears that she has frittered away her preschool years, so she is determined to come up with the perfect meaningful wish for when she turns 5. [High-Definition]

KET2: My Generation; #3017 "Find New Meaning" [TV-G]; Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart talks about his life on and off the stage, former NBA coach Eddie Jordan helps kids create new hoop dreams, young war veterans continue to serve by building houses for fellow vets, and some leathered-up ladies hit the road on two wheels. [High-Definition]

4:02

KETKY: A Walk with Boone; Historians Thomas D. Clark and John Mack Faragher follow the Kentucky trail of America's most famous pioneer, Daniel Boone. A 1997 KET production. Watch Online

4:02

KETKY: A Walk with Boone; Historians Thomas D. Clark and John Mack Faragher follow the Kentucky trail of America's most famous pioneer, Daniel Boone. A 1997 KET production. Watch Online

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #307 "Captain Tangent/Chuck and Brent Ride Again" [TV-Y7]; When Becky and her family go out to dinner at Blackbeard's Buffet, they encounter a new villain, Captain Tangent - a teenage pirate with a magnetic hook and talking parrot. It's up to WordGirl to stop him from stealing her mom's trophy and all the coins (a.k.a. doubloons) in the city. Chuck's famous brother Brent is in a slump - he lost his confidence. Chuck happily takes him under his wing and tries to make Brent his new sidekick. On a routine robbery at the sub shop, Brent gets sidetracked by Reuben Grinder, the owner who wants to talk about innovations in sandwich-making. [High-Definition]

KET2: Living Smart; #307 "Living with Integrity" [TV-PG]; David Thomas explores integrityand talks about the importance of virtue in everyday life. Thomas relates integrity to strong friendships, confidence, and all success in life. Choosing to positively affect those around us is not always the easiest option, and living with integrity may require courage, but in committing to these virtues, asserts Thomas, we are choosing to live a life that matters.

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #205 "Happy Turkey Day" [TV-Y]; The Kratts are on a mission to defend the honor of the wild turkey and to stop Gourmand, who is hunting for the largest, fattest turkey in the forest. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Piano Guy; #1209 [TV-G]; How to play Michel Legrand's "Watch What Happens" and the signature lick from Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage." Featured guests include Bobby Floyd, Andy LaVerne, and Bradley Sowash. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Collectibles; #105; A look back at some of the best moments from the first season of Kentucky Collectibles. [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #304 "Pies for Puppies" [TV-Y]; Jessica and Danny Rebus are competing to sell the most pies at the Pies for Puppies bake sale. [High-Definition]

KET2: Tracks Ahead; #805 "The Flying Yankee" [TV-G]; The East Coast version of the "Train that Changed America," a slice of the New Haven line that's been preserved in N gauge, four layouts under one roof in the shadow of the Golden Gate, and a bed and breakfast in Vermont that has a very special feature. [High-Definition]

KETKY: A Kentucky Treasure: The J.D. Crowe Story; Fellow musicians, including Alison Krauss, talk about the career and impact of J.D. Crowe, one of bluegrass music's most accomplished and influential performers and bandleaders. Crowe, a Kentucky native who still calls Lexington home, was instrumental in the careers of Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Keith Whitley, and Jerry Douglas and was voted into the International Bluegrass Music Museum Hall of Fame in his own right in 2003. Produced and directed by H. Russell Farmer with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17327 [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]