Tuesday 1/1/2013

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KET: Great Performances; #3805 "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2013" [TV-G]; Ring in the New Year with host Julie Andrews and the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of guest conductor Franz Welser-Most. [High-Definition]

KET2: 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]

KETKY: Our Kentucky; See the Commonwealth as you have never seen it before. Explore Kentucky's scenic and natural beauty in high-definition. A 2009 KET production.

KET2: Johnny Carson: American Masters; [TV-PG]; Explore the life and career of The Tonight Show host through unprecedented access to Carson's personal and professional archives. Interviews with family, colleagues and performers including David Letterman, Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, Conan O'Brien, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Angie Dickinson, David Steinberg, Don Rickles, Carl Reiner, Doc Severinsen and others. Kevin Spacey narrates. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Appalachians; #101 [TV-G]; When the first European settlers arrive in the Allegheny, Cumberland, and Blue Ridge mountains in the 17th century, they trade and intermarry with the Shawnee, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee who have lived there for centuries. But by the mid-18th century, the swelling pioneer population leads to decades of combat on the Appalachian frontier that eventually forces the natives out. As the Scotch-Irish and other immigrants settle in, the isolation of the mountains helps preserve the cultural traditions they have brought with them. The men of Appalachia fight bravely in the American Revolution, but then rail at taxes and regulations imposed by the new American government. Evangelical revivals sweep the region in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and traditional music mingles with the rhythms used by African slaves to form a glorious new gospel music.

KET: Great Performances; #3806 "Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy" [TV-PG]; Filmmaker Michael Kantor combines performance footage and interviews to highlight why Broadway is such fertile territory for Jewish artists. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Appalachians; #102 [TV-G]; In the 1830s, the growing nation sets its sights on land still owned by Indians, and President Andrew Jackson orders the removal of the Cherokee to Oklahoma. Slavery and other social and economic differences widen the gap between the North and South, and the Appalachian region is caught in between, with many families divided between the Union and the Confederacy. The violence and chaos leave scars on mountain life for years to come. After the Civil War, railroads are built, forests are cut, and outside owners buy up the land. A conflict between two timbering families, the Hatfields and the McCoys, becomes a legendary "blood feud," and outsiders create the damaging stereotype of a stupid, violent hillbilly. Timbering and coal mining bring jobs, but the workers find their lives controlled by the companies. The United Mine Workers' union organizing attempts are resisted by the owners, often with violence, and resentments explode in a series of devastating strikes known as the "great coal wars."

KETKY: The Appalachians; #103 [TV-G]; As the 20th century begins, the phonograph and the radio expose the mountain people to new influences and take mountain music across America. But times are hard, and Appalachia falls into an economic depression even before the rest of the country. President Roosevelt's New Deal brings electricity, WPA and CCC jobs, and new infrastructure, and FDR becomes a hero in Appalachia. Then World War II begins taking many young people away from the mountains, and postwar mechanization replaces coal miners and sends more people to Northern cities in search of jobs. For those who try to stay home, it becomes harder to hold onto land as state and federal governments claim property for dams and family farmsteads are flooded. The 1960s War on Poverty again sends federal aid into Appalachia, but television and magazines show painful images of hunger and poverty, reinforcing the stereotype of the poor hillbilly.

KET: Kentucky Life; #1303 "Science Hill Female Academy/Julie May/Apple Patch" [TV-G]; Former students' memories of the Science Hill Female Academy in Shelby County, which closed in 1939 after 114 years of operation; Shelbyville artist Julie May's intricate works based on natural forms, created with the unusual process known as vitreography; and Apple Patch in Oldham County, a residential community founded by parents where their adult children with mental retardation can live and work in a safe and loving environment. A 2007 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

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.

KETKY: Lovett Live Presents; #102 "Kaci Bolls"; Up and coming singer/songwriter Kaci Bolls returns to her hometown of Murray, Ky., to perform on the stage of Murray State University's historic Lovett Auditorium. Back in Nashville, Bolls is in demand as a demo singer for songs that have been cut by artists such as LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, Julie Roberts, and Sara Evans among others. [High-Definition]

KET: Bluegrass and Backroads; #902; Travel to Horse Cave and visit Kentucky Down Under, an Australian adventure; meet artist Paul Reynolds; visit Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort; and Haney's Appledale Farm in Nancy, Kentucky is a fifth generation Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Market. [High-Definition]

KET2: Great Performances; #3805 "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2013" [TV-G]; Ring in the New Year with host Julie Andrews and the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of guest conductor Franz Welser-Most. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Sex; A look at the reality behind the stereotypes and myths of the Southern belle and coal miner's daughter. Twelve Kentucky women share their intimate thoughts about love, marriage, and happiness. Produced by the Cafe Sisters, Eren McGinnis and Christine Fugate, with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KETKY: Louisville—A City at the Falls; Three restored films by Al Shands, produced in the 1970s, chronicle the history and growth of the River City across nine decades, from 1850 to 1940. A 2001 KET production. Watch Online

KET: Panama Canal: American Experience; #2304 [TV-PG]; Using an extraordinary archive of photographs and footage, interviews with canal workers, and firsthand accounts of life in the Canal zone, this film unravels the story of one of the world's most significant technological achievements. [High-Definition]