Saturday 12/22/2012

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KET: WoodSongs; #1106 "Celebration of Ukulele" [TV-G]; Ukulele musicians Victoria Vox, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, and The Love Leighs perform.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #121 "Films by Dillon Fisher, Candace Hughes, Olivia Sizemore, Cory Coots, AJ Hamilton, Sarah Kadish, and Natalie Baxter"; Features films created by the Appalachian Media Institute (AMI), a media training program for central Appalachian youth. Films include Missing Generation, about children being raised by their grandparents, produced by Dillon Fisher, Candace Hughes, and Olivia Sizemore; Up in Coots Hollow, about a family who has shared the same plot of land for generations, produced by Cory Coots, AJ Hamilton, and Sarah Kadish; and Carrie Jean Wells, a biopic of the fiddle player and Eastern Kentucky native, produced by Natalie Baxter, an established Eastern Kentucky filmmaker and mentor in the AMI project. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: From the Ground Up; #104 "Landscape Design"; A look at cemeteries, gardens, parks, and greenspace communities in Kentucky. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KET2: After Newtown; One week after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, PBS brings together its news and public affairs teams in a joint effort to analyze and illuminate the issues. This program covers mental illness in young adults, access to guns and gun laws, the neuroscience of violence, the culture and media, and the security of schools and colleges. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Studio 89; #604 "Robin Lacy and DeZydeco"; This six-piece group has been set apart from the mainstream with their unique instrumentation. Taking the lessons learned from the roots of New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture, Robin Lacy and DeZydeco has added its own original songwriting and classic crowd pleasers. [High-Definition]

KET: Pioneers of Television; #202 "Westerns" [TV-G]; Fess Parker, who portrayed Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, and James Garner, star of Maverick, tell their stories, and Linda Evans recalls how two strong female characters emerged in The Big Valley. This episode also examines the success of Robert Conrad in The Wild Wild West, the popularity of Bonanza and the creation of the classic series Gunsmoke with James Arness - one of the longest-running television series of all time. [High-Definition]

KET2: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn; [TV-G]; Actress Jane Seymour and baritone Nathan Gunn join the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in a magnificent Christmas special featuring some of the season's best-loved songs. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #103 "Coalmining Women/In Ya Blood" [TV-G]; Interviewed at home and on the job, women coal miners tell of the conditions that led them to seek employment in this traditionally male-dominated industry and the problems they encountered once hired. And, the story of a typical young man from Appalachia in the summer after his senior year in high school. He must face the difficult decision faced by many Appalachian youth - whether to stay in the mountains or leave in search of a "better life."

KET: 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

KET2: Christmas at Belmont; #2011 [TV-G]; The annual Belmont University tradition celebrating the holiday season and the musical diversity and rich talent of the university's School of Music. The concert features a collage of familiar carols, classical masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Up the Ridge; Through the lens of Wallens Ridge, a super-maximum security prison in Virginia, this film offers an in-depth look at the United States prison industry and the social impact of moving hundreds of thousands of inner-city minority offenders to distant rural outposts.

KET: Market Warriors; #108 "Antiquing In Canton, TX (Part 1)" [TV-PG]; The pickers head out to Canton, Texas, home to First Monday Trade Days - a large outdoor monthly market with a mixture of antiques and new wares. The challenge to find authentic Mission Oak furniture amid the recently made crafts puts one picker up against the clock. Key finds include a pair of Knoll Chairs, a Bostrom Brady Surveying Tool, and an antique document box. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nova; #3702 "Building Pharaoh's Ship" [TV-G]; A team of archeologists and boat builders reconstruct a vessel depicted on the wall of an ancient Egyptian temple. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Morristown; Chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tenn., through interviews with displaced or low-wage Southern workers, Mexican immigrants, and workers and families impacted by globalization. The film shows how working-class people in Mexico and eastern Tennessee are caught in the throes of massive economic change, challenging their assumptions about work, family, nation, and community.

KET: Holidays at Murray State 2012; #2012 "2012" [TV-G]; The Murray State University Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, and featured soloists perform at this annual seasonal special. [High-Definition]

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1112 [TV-G]; Plastic drywells to keep the yard from flooding and sleek new kitchen cabinets are installed. Plus, a ceiling fan on a cathedral ceiling and a water softener are installed. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Fried Fitness; #309 "Change Will Do You Good!" [TV-G]; From boiling water to baking bread, change is necessary and can do you good.

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

KET: Bob the Builder; #608 "A Cold Day in the Valley" [TV-Y]; For the grand opening of the Bobland Bay Promenade, Bristle the street cleaner arrives to make sure the new town is spotlessly clean. But before long, important items are going missing. Zoomer the skidoo stays with Bob in Sunflower Valley, and his caterpillar tracks come in handy when a huge snowfall blocks the whole valley. [High-Definition]

KET2: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; #1549 "Music" [TV-Y]; While listening to a brass quintet rehearse, Mister Rogers learns how to listen carefully to pick out the sound of each instrument. [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