Sunday 12/16/2012

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6:00 am EST

KET: Sesame Street; #4313 "The Very End of X" [TV-Y]; Big Bird and Snuffy are the hosts of "The Letter of the Day Show," but the letter they were supposed to introduce and sing about is broken into two straight pieces. [High-Definition]

KET2: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly; #1615 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #105 "Don and Carmen Rogers"; Musicians Don and Carmen Rogers hail from Flat Bottom in Bath County. They come from strong musical roots and are passing the musical traditions down to their own duaghters. They perform traditional and original selections. [High-Definition]

6:30

KET2: bookclub@ket; #605 "Judge"; Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Dwight Allen's debut novel, Judge. Set in Louisville, it explores the lives of a federal judge and those who survive him after his death. A 2004 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Kentucky Collectibles; #104; Expert appraisers examine treasures including a baseball signed by several Hall of Famers, a watch fob known as "The Rock," and an Italian Revival Lamp worth a lot more than the purchase price of $25. [High-Definition] Watch Online

7:00

KET: Curious George; #312 "Relax!/The Box and the Hound" [TV-Y]; Professor Wiseman gets plenty of stress during a picnic with George and the Man with the Yellow Hat. George happily agrees to watch Charkie while Aunt Margaret visits the museum, but dog sitting turns out to be much more exhausting than George imagined. [High-Definition]

KET2: European Journal; #3050 "The Abortion Debate Flares In Ireland" [TV-RE]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2911 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

7:30

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #105 "Flower Power/Snowman's Land" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally visit the forest of Flora-Fah-Zoom where they meet three different creatures that all depend on flowers to live. Sally and Nick visit the arctic skate on a frozen lake, make snow sculptures, and learn that water can freeze and melt when it's cold or warm outside. [High-Definition]

KET2: Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique; #818 "Burn Calories & Lose Weight" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bluegrass and Backroads; #920; Skipping Boat School, Bumbershoots, Jackson's Orchard, and Bob Maurer's sheep are featured. [High-Definition]

8:00

KET: Super Why!; #159 "The Nutcracker" [TV-Y]; Princess Pea doesn't know what to do about her friend Sleeping Beauty who is very, very grumpy! Super Why and his friends dance their way into the story of The Nutcracker, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's memorable music, to find out why the Mouse King is so cranky and give an innovative twist to the holiday classic. But will the super readers be able to restore magic to The Land of Sweets? [High-Definition]

KET2: Wai Lana Yoga; #507 "Focus: Arms and Legs" [TV-G]

KETKY: Louisville Life; #702 "Swope Auto Museum/ValuMarket/Food Trucks"; The Swope Auto Museum features antique cars from the early 1900s to the 1960s - and is free to the public; since 1978, ValuMarket has been a local family owned neighborhood grocery store that values building community; and Matt Davis of LouisvilleStreetFood.com and Lil Cheezers explains what makes food trucks so popular. A 2012 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #222 "The Egg Stealer?/To The Grandparents' Nest We Go!" [TV-Y]; Buddy and Don become detectives when some unhatched eggs they found on the beach are stolen. Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, and Don have fun spending a special day with their Grandma and Grandpa at their cliffside nest. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #109 "Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization" [TV-G]; Tips on how to improve your writing mechanics.

KETKY: Comment on Kentucky; #3907; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with host Ferrell Wellman. Guests: Linda Blackford, reporter, Lexington Herald-Leader; Joe Gerth, political writer, Louisville Courier-Journal; and Amanda VanBenschoten, reporter, The Kentucky Enquirer. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

9:00

KET: 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]

KET2: GED Connection; #110 "The GED Essay" [TV-G]; GED graduates describe test day and provide tips on writing the GED essay.

KETKY: Connections with Renee Shaw; #812 "Susan Pope"; Renee's guest is Danville actress Susan Pope, who is touring with her one-woman play, Dreadfully White, described as a zany look at the serious subject of growing up in a violent family. [High-Definition] Watch Online

9:30

KET: Sid the Science Kid; #131 "Sid's Rainy Play Date" [TV-Y]; Sid is supposed to have a playdate outside, but the forecast calls for rain! Sid isn't too happy and wonders if the rain knew he wanted to play outside? At school, Sid and his friends discover that rain actually comes from rain clouds! They also learn that rain is really important because it helps living things grow. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #111 "Passing the GED Reading Test" [TV-G]; Reviews the skills required, the subjects covered, and the kinds of questions included on the GED reading test.

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #742 "David Williams"; Bill sits down with former Kentucky lawmaker David Williams to look back on his 27 years in the Kentucky legislature, the last 13 as Senate president, and discuss his recent judicial appointment by Gov. Steve Beshear. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

10:00

KET: To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe; #2140 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Biz Kid$; #401 "A World Without Taxes" [TV-G]; Explore how taxes impact your life and learn about the importance of federal, state, and local taxes. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Great Conversations:; #1502 "Ray Kurzweil and Jim Fleming"; Ray Kurzweil, author of How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, is interviewed by Jim Fleming, Peabody Award-winning host of Public Radio International's To the Best of Our Knowledge. In his book, Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the limitless potential of reverse engineering the human brain. [High-Definition] Watch Online

10:30

KET: Inside Washington; #2435 [TV-G]

KET2: Cyberchase; #110 "The Secrets of Symmetria" [TV-Y]; In his passion for order, Dr. Marbles has created Symmetria, a harmonious cyberplace where everything is made symmetrical by a symmetrizer. Hacker steals the machine and reprograms it so that he can undo symmetry. The kids must master the properties of symmetry before Hacker destroys beauty, balance, and harmony throughout all of cyberspace. [High-Definition]

11:00

KET: Moyers & Company; #149 "Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Saving The Ocean; #104 "Swordfish!, Part 1" [TV-G]; A story about sustainable harpoon fishing focuses on a group of Canadian fishermen off Nova Scotia. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #613 "Jerrie Oughton/Don and Sylvia Coffey/Phillip Powell/Elkhorn Creek" [TV-G]; A Lexington author who wrote for 35 years before attracting a major publisher, husband-and-wife hammered dulcimer players from Shelby County, a wildlife artist from Murray, and a look at Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort through the seasons. A 2000 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

11:30

KET2: 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

KETKY: Kentucky Time Capsule; #124 "Whose Child Is This?"; An award-winning film on the problem of child abuse, circa the early 1970s. Watch Online

Noon

KET: The McLaughlin Group; #3051 [TV-RE]

KET2: Louisville Life; #702 "Swope Auto Museum/ValuMarket/Food Trucks"; The Swope Auto Museum features antique cars from the early 1900s to the 1960s - and is free to the public; since 1978, ValuMarket has been a local family owned neighborhood grocery store that values building community; and Matt Davis of LouisvilleStreetFood.com and Lil Cheezers explains what makes food trucks so popular. A 2012 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Kentucky Muse; #501 "Tracks of Imagination"; Meet the creative team at the Alexandria, Kentucky-based studio Applied Imagination, whose holiday and seasonal train displays meld botanical design and architecture, delighting crowds at botanical gardens across the United States. [High-Definition] Watch Online