Monday 12/10/2012

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Noon EST

KET: WordWorld; #114 "Pl-Pl-Plane/Mail Mix-Up" [TV-Y]; Frog loses the letters "PL" from his plane and must search through the jungle to find them. Duck offers to help Kangaroo deliver letters to his WordFriends, but he forgets Kangaroo's instructions and delivers the wrong letters to everyone. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18250 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Distinguished Kentuckian; #122 "Father Ralph Beiting" [TV-G]; A conversation with Father Ralph Beiting, a Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Christian Appalachian Project. Beiting began dreaming of helping people in Appalachia help themselves out of poverty in 1946 when, as a seminarian, he accompanied several priests on preaching trips to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. A 1976 KET production. Watch Online

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford's Puppy Days; #210 "The Big, Big Present/Hanukkah Plunder Blunder" [TV-Y]; The kittens accidentally break the menorah, and their attempts to fix it get a little "sticky." Zo can't resist sneaking in and opening all eight of his presents on the first night of Hanukkah, but he soon realizes that he's spoiled his own fun by taking the surprise out of each night. [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: A Place of Our Own; #6027 "Creating A Positive Environment" [TV-G]; A nurturing environment embraces kids at their level and sets them up to succeed. [High-Definition]

KET2: Caillou; #404 "Caillou Helps Out" [TV-Y]; Caillou is wishing for a hamster of his own. But then he gets the chance to babysit Leo's and realizes how much hard work having a hamster can be—especially with Gilbert around! [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #620 "Guy Mendes"; Bill sits down with photographer and former KET producer/director Guy Mendes, who discusses his new book 40/40: Forty Years, Forty Portraits. The book traces his career through portraits taken over the last four decades. A 2011 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

1:30

KET: A Place of Our Own; #6034 "Positive Discipline" [TV-G]; Model the behavior you expect from kids and tell them what to do rather than what not to do. [High-Definition]

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #110 "Daniel Shares His Tigertastic Car/Katerina Shares Her Tutu" [TV-Y]; Daniel has a new toy car and struggles to share it with the others. Daniel and Katerina decide to perform a Jungle Dance show but need to find a way to share the same tutu. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #203 "Richard Gimmel, Glen Bastin"; Broadcasters Glen Bastin and Richard Gimmell discuss news media in Kentucky. A 1981 KET production. Watch Online

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #113 "The Ant and the Grasshopper" [TV-Y]; Littlest Pig arrives at a picnic and realizes that he forgot to pack any food. The Super Readers fly into the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper, where the jovial grasshopper finds himself equally unprepared. [High-Definition]

KET2: Taste This!; #1013 "Out of the Ocean and Into Your Plate" [TV-G]; Ciopinno is a fish stew that combines clams, mussels, shrimps and fresh plum tomatoes. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Leadership Landscape; #106 "Kevin Crosby"

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #221 "Tiny and the Crocodile/Meet The Grandparents" [TV-Y]; Team Pteranodon travels to Dienosuchas Swamp to meet Deanna Dienosuchas, a 40 foot crocodile with a crabby attitude. The kids delight in realizing they share similar traits with their grandparents. [High-Definition]

KET2: America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated; #1219 "Mediterranean Specials" [TV-G]; The secrets to making the ultimate beef kebabs and perfect Greek spinach and feta pie are revealed. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Filson Presents; #101 "Sallie Bingham's Literary Reflections"; Kentucky author Sallie Bingham looks back on her family's history through recently found letters and writings. [High-Definition]

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #107 "Trees Company/Now You See Me" [TV-Y]; In Jimmer Jammer Jungle, the kids learn how different animals spend their entire lives in trees. Through a game of hide and go seek in the jungle, the kids learn how Gecko not only hides, but how he runs and climbs. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #103 "Getting Ideas on Paper" [TV-G]; Successful writers and adult learners share ideas on how to get started writing.

KETKY: Appalachia in the Academy: The Making of Eastern Kentucky Scholars; Follows three students from Appalachia through their first year at the University of Kentucky, chronicling the unique stereotypes and challenges they face as well as their successes. Produced by Christopher Stapel with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #308 "Wheels on the Bus/Seed Trouble" [TV-Y]; Running late for an important meeting at the Glass Palace, George and the Man with the Yellow Hat decide to take the bus rather than walk. But when George and the Man get off at the wrong stop, the bus leaves with the Man's portfolio still inside! George loves eating at Chef Pisghetti's restaurant! When Chef explains that he can't grow enough vegetables to keep his customers fed, George and the Man with the Yellow Hat offer to start their own garden to help the Chef out. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pre-GED Connection; #121 "Problem Solving" [TV-G]; A process for solving basic math and word problems, either single- or multi-step.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1501 "Fifteen - Parts I & II" [TV-Y]; How much can Arthur and his friends do in 15 minutes? Arthur tries to race home to find his report and get back to school before class starts. George gets his shot to win big bucks for his school on the radio show "15 minutes of Fame." Kate and Pal try to defeat the "Red Claw" and their mission of getting kids to play with cats by eliminating all imaginary friends. [High-Definition]

KET2: Painting with Paulson; #1213 "Salty Sea Part III" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Settlement Schools of Appalachia; In the late 19th century, college-educated young women of the Bluegrass, influenced by the progressive movement, established several community schools in isolated areas of Eastern Kentucky. This 1995 KET production looks at the early history, growth, and contemporary roles of these Appalachian community institutions.

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #106 "Book Ends/Mr. Big" [TV-Y7]; Mr. Big, a slick businessman up to no good, introduces his new product: a "Thing" that does "stuff." WordGirl must figure out his secret motive and save the city. When WordGirl accuses Tobey of being too predictable with his crimes, he responds by using his robots to hold the town library hostage. He tells her he will release the library if WordGirl can best them in a winner-take-all game of dodgeball. [High-Definition]

KET2: Painting and Travel with Roger and Sarah Bansemer; #109 "Alligator Creek" [TV-G]; Roger and Sarah Bansemer are right at home as they give viewers a glimpse of their unique Alligator Creek studio in Clearwater, Fla. Roger sets up his easel and paints in the creek. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #136 "A Bat in the Brownies" [TV-Y]; When a little brown bat crashlands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris out set out to convince Aviva, Jimmy Z, and Koki that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the brothers follow their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when the bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. [High-Definition]

KET2: The American Woodshop; #1609 "Period Architectural Moldings and Trim" [TV-G]; Trim can easily add thousands of dollars of value to "finished" homes. Finish carpentry is the art of using wood to detail a home's windows, doors, ceilings and walls. See the difference that paint grade and finish grade wood creates. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #104 "Mike Havens and Blue Mountain Grass"; Mike Havens can sing a great old Flatt and Scruggs tune with the best of them but he is well known in bluegrass circles for his original material. He performs with his band Blue Grass Mountain. [High-Definition]

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: This Old House; #3210 "Cambridge 2012/Swedish Details" [TV-G]; Installing Southern yellow pine board accents, tiling the master bath, and the roof deck gets PVC porch boards and a custom rail treatment. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #905 "Stephanie Townsend/Emma Reno Connor Black History Gallery/Kinniconick Creek" [TV-G]; Bowling Green artist Stephanie Townsend; the Hardin County home of Emma Reno Connor, now transformed into a museum chronicling the lives of prominent African Americans; and scenic Kinniconick Creek in Lewis County, known to fishermen for its native muskie population. A 2003 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17345 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #414 "Shrimp a la Cart" [TV-Y]; Ruff thinks his "Crustationery" is a great idea. Customers will write letters on crustaceans, which will then be delivered across the Atlantic Ocean by racecar. The service will be a huge success... if you don't mind writing letters on crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. To kick-off his new business venture, Ruff sends Talia out to become a deckhand on a shrimp boat, while Bethany, Brian, and Isaac learn how to drive racecars. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Louisville Life; #701 "Jeff Dupre/Guitar Emporium/Bernson's Corner"; Meet award-winning filmmaker and Louisville native Jeff Dupre, who started his career working with Ken Burns and is the talent behind PBS' Circus, Carrier, and Broadway: The American Musical; for over 35 years, Guitar Emporium has been a fixture in Louisville's Highlands neighborhood; and reporter Barry Bernson, known for his off-beat stories, discusses his book, Bernson's Corner: A Reporter's Notebook. A 2012 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online