Wednesday 1/16/2013

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KET: GED Connection; #130 "Decimals" [TV-G]; Reviews how to read decimal numbers, calculate with them, and solve everyday problems involving decimals.

KETKY: In Performance at the Governor's Mansion; #301 "Diverse Cultures"; Features Kentucky talent, including the Orville Hammond Trio, Beau Haddock, Ballet Espanol, and poet Nikky Finney. A 1999 KET production.

KET: GED Connection; #130 "Decimals" [TV-G]; Reviews how to read decimal numbers, calculate with them, and solve everyday problems involving decimals.

KET: 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]

KET2: Pioneers of Television; #301 "Funny Ladies" [TV-PG]; Comediennes Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, Phyllis Diller, and more are highlighted. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Heart of the Hills—The Story of Mountain Music; Explores the indigenous music of Kentucky's mountains through interviews and recordings featuring Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, J.D. Crowe, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Dwight Yoakam, Keith Whitley, Wynonna, and Dr. Ralph Stanley. Produced by Michael White with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KET: Kentucky Tonight; #2007 "Proposed Statewide Smoking Ban"; A discussion about the proposed statewide smoking ban. Guests: State Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington; State Rep. Mike Harmon, R-Danville; Dr. Shawn Jones, past president of the Kentucky Medical Association; and Ken Moellman of Northern Kentucky Choice. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: The Abolitionists: American Experience; #102 "The Abolitionists, Part Two" [TV-PG]; Douglass escapes slavery, eventually joining Garrison in the anti-slavery movement. Threatened with capture by his former owner, Douglass flees to England, returning to the U.S. in 1847. He launches his own anti-slavery paper. John Brown meets with Douglass, revealing his radical plan to raise an army, attack plantations, and free the slaves. Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Dusk 'til Dawn: Kentucky Rural Drive-In Theatres; [TV-PG]; A look at the business of drive-ins in Kentucky towns. Produced by George Maranville with support from the KET Fund for Independent Productions.

KET: Slavery By Another Name; [TV-PG]; A harrowing story of how in the South, even as chattel slavery came to an end, new forms of involuntary servitude, including convict leasing, debt slavery and peonage, took its place with shocking force. [High-Definition]

KET2: Frontline; #3103 "Inside Obama's Presidency" [TV-RE]; A probing look at the first four years of Barack Obama's presidency and the key decisions and experiences that will inform his second term. [High-Definition]

KETKY: A Decade of Difference; [TV-G]; The unlikely success story of the people in Eastern and Southern Kentucky, who made up their minds to change the natural environment and make it a cleaner and healthier place to live.Â Offered the resources and leadership of federal, state, and local governments, ultimately they had to change their attitudes about some traditions and culture.

KET2: Independent Lens; #1405 "Soul Food Junkies" [TV-PG]; The African American love affair with soul food is deep-rooted, complex, and in some tragic cases, deadly. This film puts this culinary tradition under the microscope to examine both its benefits and consequences. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Distinguished Kentuckian; #127 "A.D. Albright" [TV-G]; A.D. Albright was president of Northern Kentucky University during perhaps the most critical period in its early history. He guided the school to maturity, doubling enrollment to more than 10,000 and overseeing $40 million in construction projects that gave an identity to the sprawling Highland Heights campus. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KET: The Spirituals; [TV-PG]; Slaves created the spiritual, a musical form built on African roots and biblical texts, for deliverance and for communication. The American Spiritual Ensemble, founded by University of Kentucky professor Everett McCorvey, honors the painful history of this American art form while introducing its message of hope to contemporary audiences around the world. Produced by Eren McGinnis and Ari Palos with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KETKY: American Chestnut: Appalachian Apocalypse; This documentary examines the history and disappearance of the American chestnut tree, once the dominant hardwood species in Appalachian mountain forests.

KET: Woodsmith Shop; #603 "5 Cool Tools" [TV-G]; The Woodsmith editors talk about five tools that transform the way they work in the shop. [High-Definition]

KET2: Antiques Roadshow; #1702 "Corpus Christi, Hour Two" [TV-G]; Highlights include vintage flash art at a local tattoo parlor, John Lennon's signature, and a book inscribed by Salvador Dali. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Tonight; #2007 "Proposed Statewide Smoking Ban"; A discussion about the proposed statewide smoking ban. Guests: State Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington; State Rep. Mike Harmon, R-Danville; Dr. Shawn Jones, past president of the Kentucky Medical Association; and Ken Moellman of Northern Kentucky Choice. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Kentucky Health; #801 "Foot Care"; Dr. Nere Onosode discusses foot diseases. Watch Online

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #128 "Babysitter Blues/Saturday Morning" [TV-Y]; The quiet weekend Mr. Bleakman had planned for himself is turned upside down when he's asked to babysit Clifford for a day. Disappointed after an outing with Sheriff Lewis, T-Bone investigates how everyone else spends their Saturdays. [High-Definition]