Wednesday 12/12/2012

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KET: WordWorld; #116 "Castles in the Sea/Get Your Coat" [TV-Y]; While playing in the sand on the beach, Duck and Shark discover the perfect home for Shark—a sand castle. But why does it disappear every night? Duck thinks Frog doesn't want to play in the rain because he accidentally broke Frog's boat. But is that the real reason? [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #18252 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #102 "Special Delivery/A Ferry Tale" [TV-Y]; When Clifford accidentally breaks a present he was supposed to deliver, Cleo convinces him to try to cover up what happened. Emily Elizabeth grooms Clifford for the Dog of the Year contest and tells him to stay clean until the judge arrives—but that proves difficult. [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: GED Connection; #101 "Orientation" [TV-G]; An overview of the GED test and how this series and its accompanying workbooks and online lessons can help adults prepare.

KET2: Caillou; #406 "Words" [TV-Y]; Wind and a very mischievous cat interfere with Caillou's attempts to read the weekend paper, but patience and persistence finally win out. Upset because the mailman brings only bills, Mommy tells Caillou how nice it would be to get a letter for a change. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #625 "Stan Lampe"; A discussion with Stan Lampe, president of Kentuckians for Better Transportation, a 30-year-old statewide organization that supports transportation improvements. [High-Definition] Watch Online

1:30

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #113 "Economics" [TV-G]; Business people and economics teachers explain the basics of money, finance, markets, and commerce.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #112 "Fruit Picking Day/Daniel Is Big Enough to Help Dad" [TV-Y]; Prince Wednesday is upset because his big brother Prince Tuesday can pick the highest fruit off the tree branches, but he can't. Dad Tiger shows Daniel just the right tools he can use to help him build a playhouse. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #205 "Coyote Calhoun"; Radio personality, Coyote Calhoun, talks about his career on the air in Louisville. A 1981 KET production. Watch Online

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #138 "Twas the Night Before Christmas..." [TV-Y]; 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through Storybrook Village, not a creature was stirringâ€¦except for Whyatt, who has an important question for Santa! So the Super Readers catch up with Santa and his reindeer as they gallop from rooftop to rooftop and unravel the mystery of Santa's childhood, discovering how to help spread the magic of the holiday. [High-Definition]

KET2: Katie Brown Workshop; #421 "Christmas" [TV-G]; Katie prepares a no-stress holiday meal with the help of the crew. Chef Chris Paulk whips up red pepper risotto, pork tenderloin, and Kentucky eggnog. Then, Katie decks the halls with an advent calendar and a dressed-up styrofoam Christmas tree. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Voices of a Never Ending Dawn; [TV-PG]; Told in the haunting words of the young soldiers themselves, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson is forced to select 5,500 American soldiers, including Kentuckian Simon Davis, to fight an unknown enemy called "Bolsheviks" (early Communists). Stripped of everything American and placed under British command, they find themselves quartered in a frozen hell, fighting in sixty-degree below-zero weather not knowing that WWI ended just sixty days after they arrived. These soldiers became known as The Polar Bears.

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #223 "Double-Crested Trouble/Erma and the Conductor" [TV-Y]; Buddy and Tiny show competitive twin brothers Dylan and Devlin Dilophosaurus how to work as a team. The Pteranodon family head to the Big Pond for a special nighttime treat - watching a meteor shower in the sky! [High-Definition]

KET2: For Your Home; #2612 "Gentlemen's Quarters" [TV-G]; Vicki introduces the healthiest and easiest solution to rid basements of dampness and odors. Then she creates a perfect haven with natural accents and warm colors. [High-Definition]

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #109 "A Tale About Tails/Sticky Situation" [TV-Y]; The kids visit the Jungle of Wagga-Tag-Tail and meet many animals with very different tails.Betty Beaver finds Nick the perfect drumstick, but when her dam springs a leak, Nick, Sally, and the Cat help her fix it. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #104 "The Writing Process" [TV-G]; Outlines a three-step process: generating ideas, writing a rough draft, and revising/editing.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #310 "Shipwrecked with Hundley/Chasing Rainbows" [TV-Y]; George and the Man with the Yellow Hat join Hundley and the Doorman for a ride on their neat and orderly sailboat -- much to Hundley's dismay. A cracked boom forces them to land on a remote island to make repairs. But when George thoughtfully returns the anchor to the boat, he and Hundley drift into the open sea! When a light rain casts a stunning rainbow in the sky, George decides to track down the end of the rainbow to see if there really is a pot of gold. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pre-GED Connection; #122 "Decimals" [TV-G]; Reviews how to read decimal numbers, calculate with them, and solve everyday problems involving decimals.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1503 "Buster's Secret Admirer/The Last King of Lambland" [TV-Y]; Buster receives a box of chocolates in the mail from a secret admirer. James receives a gift from his uncle in Scotland - a toy lamb that will supposedly give its owner the powers of the legendary James the Squinty, leader of the clan MacDoogal-Donal's! [High-Definition]

KET2: Clodagh's Irish Food Trails; #108 "County Clare" [TV-G]; In Inagh, Clodagh visits a 6th-century monastery and the farm that produces a famous local cheese named after Saint Tola. At Ireland's only micro-brewery/pub, Clodagh samples three locally made beers. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bataan: The Harrodsburg Tankers; The story of 66 men from Harrodsburg who fought in the Philippines during WWII and experienced the Bataan Death March.

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #116 "Meat with a Side of Cute/Mr. Big Words" [TV-Y7]; Tired of being defeated by WordGirl, the Butcher enlists the unlikely ally of an adorable kitten. Mr. Big invents a ray that causes everyone in town to use big, complicated words. [High-Definition]

KET2: Ciao Italia; #2224 "Cauliflower/Broccolo" [TV-G]; Mary Ann prepares luscious creamy cauliflower baked in a mold and a colorful and hearty broccolo and pasta.

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: Rudy Maxa's World; #107 "Thailand, Andaman Islands" [TV-G]; Rudy paddles through hidden entrances of small islands to find mangroves few people ever see. In a nearby seaside village devastated by the 2006 tsunami, residents struggle to rebuild by offering sustainable tourism and home stays to visitors. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2910 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #306 "Shrink, Shrank, Shrunk!" [TV-Y]; Manny borrows the Skeleckian Shrinkanator 3002 and Marcus and Jessica accidentally get shrunk. [High-Definition]

KET2: Travelscope; #202 "Germany's Holiday Markets" [TV-G]; Joseph explores northern Germany's Christmas markets, where there's more to the joy of the holiday season than baubles and trinkets.

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #907 "Lexington Hustlers/Lower Howard's Creek" [TV-G]; The Lexington Hustlers, an integrated African-American baseball team that began playing in 1945, and the history of Lower Howard's Creek, a nature preserve in Clark County. A 2003 KET production.

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17347 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #416 "Laser/Candid Camera" [TV-Y]; A crime wave has hit the city! The sinister, disguise-wearing criminal LePurr has been hitting up flower shops, and Ruff is determined to stop her! Ruff gets Brian to patrol a local flower shop,and he also sends Isaac out in disguise to try to trick Brian. Then, he sends Talia and Sterling to learn about laser light and optics, which they will use to dismantle the security system in LePurr's hideout! [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #516; Carter and Clark catch up with members of the MSU Theater Department, including those who have already moved on and made it big. Also, Clark transforms into a leopard after attending a make-up class and Devan Reed talks about the local production of Small Town. [High-Definition] Watch Online