Friday 1/4/2013

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KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #501 "Ruff Fetches the Fetchers" [TV-Y]; Ruff has been so preoccupied with trying to find his long-lost parents that he's forgotten to cast the Season 5 FETCHers! [High-Definition]

KETKY: Ted Bassett: A Kentucky Gentleman; Discover the extraordinary life of the longtime Keeneland Race Course executive Ted Bassett, a native Kentuckian who was a decorated World War II marine and former head of the state police. Through interviews with friends, colleagues, and contemporaries a picture emerges of a humble, self-effacing man who, believing in service to others, achieved great things. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Cyberchase; #123 "Fortress of Attitude" [TV-Y]; In an attempt to force cybersites to surrender to him, Hacker starts broadcasting his loud and obnoxious voice from a massive statue of himself. The kids and Digit head for the Northern Frontier to try to silence the statue, using their skills at measuring length to make their way up through its booby-trapped interior and find the mouth controls. [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Collectibles; #105; A look back at some of the best moments from the first season of Kentucky Collectibles. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: 75 Years of Keeneland: A Look Back; Bill Goodman sits down with Nick Nicholson, current president and CEO of Keeneland, the thoroughbred racecourse located in Lexington, Kentucky, and former presidents James E. "Ted" Bassett III and William C. "Bill" Greely, on the eve of Keeneland's 75th anniversary. A 2011 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #928 "Charitable Investments" [TV-RE]

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3910; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with host Ferrell Wellman. Guests: John Cheves, reporter, Lexington Herald-Leader; Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter, for CNHI, Inc.; and Tom Loftus, Frankfort bureau chief, Louisville Courier-Journal. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #508 "Ever After" [TV-PG]; Mrs. Tishell's long-standing crush on Martin takes a dramatic turn. It's now or never for Mrs. Tishell to make her romantic notions of a relationship with the Doc come true. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Thoroughbred; [TV-G]; A fascinating look at the world of thoroughbred horses through the eyes of the people who breed, race, sell, and love them. A 2010 KET production, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner. [High-Definition]

KET2: Movie Classics; #1053 "No Time for Sergeants" [TV-PG]; A naive and stubborn Georgia rube joins the peacetime Air Force and talks back to his sergeant. Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, and Nick Adams star. (1958) [High-Definition]

KETKY: Equitrekking Adventures; #604 "Kentucky" [TV-G]; In Kentucky, discover wildflowers, a historic mill site, and rolling green hills on the trails at Shaker Village on horseback. Viewers learn about Kentucky's agricultural past as Darley rides smooth Tennessee Walking horses with a local resident, who is proud of her multi-generational farm and its heritage. Next, travel the trails at Land Between the Lakes and Barren River State Park in Western Kentucky. In Lexington, join Darley to see diverse breeds at the Kentucky Horse Park and attend a fast-paced, world-class equestrian competition, the Rolex Three Day Event. Next, visit a Thoroughbred rehabilitation center, where horses from the racetrack can find new homes. [High-Definition]

KET: Great Performances; #3807 "Paul Simon's Graceland Journey" [TV-PG]; Paul Simon reunites with musicians in South Africa and reflects on his acclaimed 1986 album Graceland, regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its time. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #105 "Buffalo Creek: An Act of God/Buffalo Creek Revisited" [TV-G]; On February 26, 1972, a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. The disaster left 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. Interviews with survivors, representatives of union and citizen's groups, and officials of the Pittston Company are juxtaposed with actual footage of the flood. Filmed ten years after the Flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster, in which the survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century-old pattern of corporate control of the region's land and resources.

KETKY: Jubilee - Summertime Blues; #1508 "Hog Maw Blues Band"; One of Evansville, Indiana's, top blues bands performs blues infused with rock, funk, and jazz in a performance recorded at the 2010 W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival in Henderson, Kentucky. A 2011 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: WoodSongs; #1108 "Alejandro Escovedo & Joseph Arthur" [TV-G]; Alejandro Escovedo returns with music from his new album, Big Station, followed by singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur with songs from his double album, Redemption City.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #123 "Films by Steven Middleton and Stephen Kertis"; Tobaccolachia, by Steven Middleton, documents the current state of tobacco farming in Eastern Kentucky. Also, a short titled Skipping Fish Boat School by Stephen Kertis, about the Louisville school that teaches students of all ages how to build boats. [High-Definition] Watch Online