Saturday 12/15/2012

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Noon EST

KET: Quilting Arts; #1008 "Stitch, Quilt, and Finish" [TV-G]; A modern quilt featuring paint, embroidery, machine stitching, and specialty fabric-for an integrated design; two key color trends; and techniques involving stitch, machine decorative stitching, and stitch and paint. [High-Definition]

KET2: Garden Smart; #2906 [TV-G]; Our guest gardener thinks it is possible to take a few exciting, unique plants and create a beautiful garden. Take a look at an exceptional garden in a unique part of the United States. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Louisville's Own Ali; Filmmaker Steve Crump takes a look at the life and times of boxing hero Muhammad Ali as seen from the perspective of his hometown. Features interviews with sportswriter Dave Kindred, radio journalist Bob Edwards, former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, former state Sen. Georgia Davis Powers, and others. Watch Online

12:30 pm

KET: Knitting Daily; #911 "Shrinking Is Good" [TV-G]; A tutorial on felting, diagonal miters add unique shaping to knitwear, tweed yarns and their implications for designing, and a tip on comparing and contrasting felted fabrics. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Victory Garden; #3205 "Cool" [TV-G]; Explore a private garden in Beverly Hills and see some fantastic pool-side landscaping. [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table; #108 "Backyard Farming" [TV-G]; Learn how to take even the smallest outdoor spaces and turn them into your own mini-farm. [High-Definition]

KET2: Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac; #308 "Bamboo Vanity" [TV-G]; Tommy makes a simple bamboo vanity perfect as a base cabinet in a kitchen or bathroom. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Sally Brown: Force of Nature; Louisville's Sally Brown is known for her worldwide support and activity on behalf of the environment and historic preservation. Narrated by Joanne Woodward, this 2006 KET production explores her life and work through interviews with Brown herself as well as family members, friends, and national political figures. Watch Online

1:30

KET: Garden Smart; #2804 [TV-G]; Experts present information on how to garden in a cooler climate. [High-Definition]

KET2: This Old House; #3211 "Cambridge 2012/Window Seat, Stairs, Knee Walls" [TV-G]; New granite steps, a timeless window seat, and some MDF doors cleverly disguised as wainscoting are installed. [High-Definition]

2:00

KET: Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions; #1206 "The Great Rivers of Europe: Nuremberg to Linz" [TV-G]; Burt starts off in Nuremberg with visits to the 900 year old Imperial Castle, the open farmers' market, and his favorite spice cookie shop. Then he sails to Regensburg to visit the remains of an ancient Roman fort. Next, he cruises through the Danube Gorge to Weltenburg Abbey. In Linz, we learn about the Linzertorte and see the world's largest church organ. [High-Definition]

KET2: Ask This Old House; #1111 "Using Hand Planes/Repairing A Cracked Stone Walkway" [TV-G]; The proper way to use hand planes and repairing a cracked stone walkway. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Cratis Williams: Living the Divided Life; Cratis Williams was an eloquent defender of Appalachian culture and one of the most important scholars of the postwar era. In this 1980s documentary, he visits his ancestral homeland on Caines Creek in Eastern Kentucky's Big Sandy Valley and reminisces about confronting the stereotypes of Appalachian culture and personalities. Interviews with Pat Beaver, Grace Edwards, Loyal Jones, Jim Wayne Miller, David Williams, and Gurney Norman attest to the importance of Williams' work to a generation of artists, writers, and scholars.

2:30

KET: Rick Steves' Europe; #705 "Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips" [TV-G]; Enjoy more of the exquisite artistic treasures of Florence and a couple of rival cities and cultural capitals in their own right, Pisa and Lucca. [High-Definition]

KET2: Hometime; #2624 "Timber Shed Doors" [TV-G]; The crew installs custom carriage house doors and lays a system of tailored pavers. [High-Definition]

3:00

KET: Lidia's Italy In America; #121 "San Francisco and Napa: Soupy In San Francisco" [TV-G]; Lidia visits Swann Oyster Depot in San Francisco where she checks out king crab legs, and then shows viewers the wide variety of sizes of artichokes at Pezzini Farms. Lidia prepares stuffed artichokes and Cioppino, a San Francisco Italian-American classic. [High-Definition]

KET2: Woodsmith Shop; #609 "Our 5 Favorite Shop Jigs" [TV-G]; To get more out of the time you spend in your shop, the Woodsmith editors share the handy jigs and fixtures they use every day. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America; #206 "To Save the Land and People" [TV-G]; A history of early grassroots efforts to stop strip mining in Eastern Kentucky, where "broad-form" deeds signed at the beginning of the 20th century let coal operators destroy land to get at the minerals underneath without getting the permission of, or compensating, the surface owner. The Appalachian group To Save the Land and People used every means possible—from legal petitions and local ordinances to guns and dynamite—to fight the abuses.

3:30

KET: Essential Pepin; #121 "Light As Air" [TV-G]; Recipes include meringue shells with Chantilly cream, macaroons, chocolate roll, and chocolate souffle cake with raspberry sauce. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Woodwright's Shop; #3213 "The Shaker Bend" [TV-G]; From their furniture to their bentwood boxes, the Shakers may be our most modern artisans. [High-Definition]

4:00

KET: America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated; #1207 "A Latin Celebration" [TV-G]; How to prepare authentic Peruvian roast chicken and perfect black beans and rice. [High-Definition]

KET2: New Fly Fisher; #701 "Rhode Island Stripers" [TV-G]; Big Striped Bass devour red sand worms and Tom Rosenbauer learns how to use patterns to catch these monstrous fish. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Jubilee; #1613 "Sam Bush and Friends"; Newgrass originator Sam Bush joins a variety of performers onstage at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

4:30

KET: Kentucky Collectibles; #102; Expert appraisers examine treasures including pottery from Newcomb College, a 1946 Martin Guitar, and some of the rarest marbles in the world. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen; #113 "Really Big Beef" [TV-G]; Tips for the aspiring grill master on tackling the big, guest-impressing cuts: brisket, prime rib, and whole beef tenderloin.

5:00

KET: Antiques Roadshow; #1204 "Orlando (Part 1)" [TV-G]; A photo signed by the entire cast of the hit TV series Bonanza, a sterling silver Tiffany vase, and a collection of etchings and dry points by James McNeill Whistler. [High-Definition]

KET2: MotorWeek; #3215 "Hyundai Santa Fe" [TV-G]; Road tests of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe and the 2013 Cadillac ATS. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Mammoth Cave: A Way to Wonder; [TV-G]; This documentary weaves together the human stories that make up the fascinating history of Mammoth Cave National Park in south central Kentucky. [High-Definition]

5:30

KET2: Bluegrass and Backroads; #917; The Renaissance Festival, Special Olympics, furniture maker Mark Whitley, and Farmer of the Year Jim Sidebottom are featured. [High-Definition]

6:00

KET: The Lawrence Welk Show; #1316 "Songs of the 70's"; The 1970s come alive in this show from 1978 as it sets the mood with "Tie A Yellow Ribbon." Johnny Zell and the band play "Feelings," Guy and Ralna sing "I Write The Songs," and Ava Barber sings "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Myron Floren even finds a polka that fits the theme - "My Melody of Love."

KET2: Nature; #2805 "Revealing the Leopard" [TV-PG]; Leopards are the ultimate cat. They are the most feline, the most intelligent, the most dangerous and, until recently, one of the least understood. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Along Kentucky 80; Journalist John Ed Pearce travels across southern Kentucky on state Hwy. 80, from the Breaks of the Big Sandy on the Virginia border to Columbus-Belmont Battlefield State Park on the Mississippi River. Stops along the way include Mammoth Cave, Lake Cumberland, Logan County sites with historic connections to Jesse James and Andrew Jackson, the South Union Shaker village, Bowling Green, and Cadiz. A 1992 KET production. Watch Online