Sunday 1/13/2013

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KET: Dickens' Secret Lover; [TV-PG]; Chronicles 19th century British novelist Charles Dickens clandestine relationship with a young actress. When Dickens was 45 years-old and married with nine children, he met Nelly Ternan, an 18 year-old actress with whom he fell hopelessly in love. Ultimately, the strain of his double life resulted in a premature death for the highly gifted yet deeply troubled artist. [High-Definition]

KET2: Frontline; #3102 "The Education of Michelle Rhee" [TV-RE]; The legacy Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools, and her tumultuous three-year tenure as she attempted to fix a broken school system. [High-Definition]

KETKY: WoodSongs; #1111 "Joan Osborne" [TV-G]; Multiple Grammy nominee Joan Osborne performs songs from her new release, Bring It on Home.

KET: Secrets of Highclere Castle; [TV-PG]; It may be more famous now than any time in its 1,300-year history as the setting of Downton Abbey, but England's Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell. See how all the inhabitants of Highclere lived and find out how the current inhabitants spend $1 million in annual upkeep funds. [High-Definition]

KET2: POV; #2513 "Reportero" [TV-PG]; Journalists at a Tijuana-based newsweekly stubbornly ply their trade as the drug war intensifies. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Bell Witch Legend; [TV-14]; The story of the so-called "Bell Witch," a sinister entity that tormented a pioneer family on Tennessee's early frontier between 1817 and 1821.

KETKY: The Harps; [TV-M]; A short documentary about America's first serial killers who ultimately were killed in Kentucky.

KET: Diamond Queen; #101 [TV-G]; Andrew Marr tells the childhood story of the young girl who never expected to reign. He looks closely at the influence of her grandfather, father and mother and the impact of the abdication, and examines exactly what the Queen's role as head of state actually entails. [High-Definition]

KET2: Barnes Collection - PBS Arts; [TV-PG]; The quirky, quarrelsome Dr. Albert C. Barnes and his astounding art collection are explored. View paintings by some of the most famous names in art history such as Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, and Matisse. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bourbon and Kentucky: A History Distilled; [TV-G]; A look at the origins and growth of the bourbon business in Kentucky. Visits to several distilleries explore how and why bourbon was first distilled, how it is manufactured, and why it became so identified with Kentucky. Produced by historian Kent Masterson Brown with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KET: Raggs; #146 "Machines" [TV-Y]; B. Max invents a new machine called the Seed Sower 7000 to simplify work in the garden. Its success inspires the dogs to think of all kinds of machines they should make to simplify life at the clubhouse. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Quest for the Perfect Bourbon: Voices of Buffalo Trace; [TV-PG]; A compilation of interviews with the people and stories of the Buffalo Trace Distillery family, such as Master Distiller Emeritus Elmer T. Lee, and descendants of iconic figures Colonel E. H. Taylor Jr., Colonel Albert B. Blanton, and Pappy Van Winkle.

KET: Barney & Friends; #1205 "Lights, Camera, Action! A Movie Adventure" [TV-Y]; Grace's food drive isn't going too well. So Melanie decides to help out by putting on a movie premiere and charging a can of food for admission. But when the others all get involved, too, all the different ideas lead to a cacophony of topsy-turvy events. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Something to Do ... with PINKY; A program about the Paranormal Investigations of Northern Kentucky and their explorations into "hauntings."

KET: Sesame Street; #4192 "Y a Quest Y Not" [TV-Y]; Telly, Abby, and Elmo look to the book How to be a Knight for a Day to tell them how to become knights. First, they have to wear a suit of shining armor. Next, they must sing a knight song, so they sing. Then they must go on a quest. But they don't know what to search for! As Elmo, Telly, and Abby think about their quest, they hear a whimpering letter "Y." When they ask the letter "Y" why he is crying, he tells them he is unsure of his purpose in life. [High-Definition]

KET2: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly; #1619 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Music; #109 "Nikkos Pappas and Seth Folsom"; Nikos Pappas from Lexington, Kentucky, is a champion fiddler having taken home multiple awards. He performs with Seth Folsom from Louisville, a musician and world-class banjo maker. [High-Definition]

KET2: bookclub@ket; #301 "All the King's Men"; Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All the King's Men, based on the life of Huey Long. A 2001 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Kentucky Collectibles; #103; Expert appraisers examine treasures including an original Woodstock poster, a Thomas Hart Benton lithograph, and an 18th century still life passed down through a Kentucky family for more than 200 years. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Curious George; #607 "Feeling Antsy/Maple Monkey Madness" [TV-Y]; George spots an army of ants, something the Man with the Yellow Hat warned his messy monkey about. George learns that maple syrup comes from trees, so he and Allie team up to replenish the Man's syrup supply. [High-Definition]

KET2: European Journal; #3102 "Germany's Bounty of Green Energy Overloads The Power Grid" [TV-G]

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2915 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #117 "A Long Winter's Nap/The Tree Doctor" [TV-Y]; Sally and Nick are so excited to go ice skating tomorrow they can't asleep! Boris the bear can help! Dr. Twiggles the tree doctor teaches the kids how trees eat - through their leaves and roots. [High-Definition]

KET2: Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique; #902 "Pain Relief: Foot Pain Workout" [TV-G]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bluegrass and Backroads; #904; Visit two artists who paint with wax and recycled objects, meet students who go to one of the best farrier schools in the world, sheep are sheared and their wool is spun on spinning wheels at Sweet Home Spun, and the vineyards of Talon Winery. [High-Definition]

KET: Super Why!; #126 "Rumpelstiltskin" [TV-Y]; Princess Pea's father is too busy to help her tie her skates, so the Super Readers pay a call on another princess whose funny little helper is far too busy to help her spin straw into gold. Can they guess how the story of Rumpelstiltskin will turn out? [High-Definition]

KETKY: Louisville Life; #704 "The Kentucky Opera/Vendome Copper & Brass Works/Donna Hargens/The Western Library"; A look at the history of the Kentucky Opera, celebrating its 60th season; a visit to Vendome Copper & Brass Works; an interview with Jefferson Co. Public Schools Superintendent Donna Hargens; and The Western Library has been remodeled with a new addition - the African-American Archives Reading Room. A 2013 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online