Friday 1/18/2013

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KET: GED Connection; #131 "Fractions" [TV-G]; What fractions represent, how to judge the relative sizes of different fractions, calculating with them, and solving everyday fraction problems.

KETKY: Jubilee; #1604 "The Farewell Drifters"; Nashville-based quintet The Farewell Drifters perform at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: GED Connection; #131 "Fractions" [TV-G]; What fractions represent, how to judge the relative sizes of different fractions, calculating with them, and solving everyday fraction problems.

KET: 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

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1116 [TV-G]; Work begins on a 1935 English-style cottage the homeowners hope to turn into an accessible in-law residence for aging parents. Plus, hanging a flat panel television on the wall, different types of electrical outlets, and controlling yard insects without the use of pesticides are highlighted. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky at War; Interviews, archival film footage, and letters tell the story of how Kentucky experienced World War II. Produced by Creation Films, Louisville; production funded in part by Hilary J. Boone Jr., Alice Sparks, and the Marshall Charitable Foundation. Watch Online

KET: Doc Martin; #102 "Gentlemen Prefer" [TV-PG]; Despite his disastrous introduction to life in the sleepy village of Portwenn, the former surgeon decides to stay and give it a go. The waiting room is full with patients enjoying tea and biscuits served by Elaine. It seems the previous doctor allowed his patients to treat his office as a drop-in cafe to share their ailments, but not necessarily to seek medical treatment. Elaine's inefficiency pushes Martin over the edge and he fires her. News of her dismissal spreads around the village like wildfire, and Martin becomes universally disliked. [High-Definition]

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]

KET: Masterpiece Classic; #4302 "Downton Abbey, Season 3 - Part 2" [TV-PG]; The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a crisis. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nature; #2913 "Cracking The Koala Code" [TV-PG]; The day-to-day dramas of an extended family of koalas, seen through the eyes of the scientists studying their every move and vocalization. Discover how koalas survive and thrive on a diet poisonous to almost all other herbivorous mammals. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Brothers in Arms; Archival footage and interviews recall the experiences and accomplishments of the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles," the paratrooper unit that helped liberate France during World War II and is now based at Fort Campbell.

KET: Kentucky Chamber Day 2013; #201; At the opening of the 2013 General Assembly, business leaders from across Kentucky listen to the governor and the state's top legislative leaders share their visions for Kentucky's economy, government, and politics at the 18th Annual Kentucky Chamber Day in Lexington. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Nova; #3905 "Ice Age Death Trap" [TV-G]; In a race against developers in the Rockies, archaeologists uncover a unique site packed with astonishingly preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window on the vanished world of the Ice Age. [High-Definition]

KET2: Life On Fire; #103 "The Surprise Salmon" [TV-G]; In Alaska, scientists investigate a race of salmon that faced the death of their natal river 2,000 years ago. [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: Telling Tales; #106 "Soap/Cat and Rat"; The tale of a forgetful little boy and how forgetfulness gets him into trouble and a story of how the rat lost his tail and got it back again, both told by Appalachian storytellers Tom Bledsoe and Rich Kirby.

KETKY: Faces of Farming; [TV-G]; The program highlights how Kentucky farmers care for their animals, the environment, and their consumers. Meet the farmers in the Commonwealth who are providing a safe, affordable food supply to not only their family, but yours.

KET: Wai Lana Yoga; #521 "Special: Recovery from Childbirth (Part 1)" [TV-G]

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #130 "Morning, Noon, and Night/Mr. Bleakman's Special Day" [TV-Y]; Cleo learns about how to be a good houseguest when she spends a weekend at Clifford's. Mr. Bleakman is especially grumpy one day, and the dogs try doing "secret good deeds" to cheer him up. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Muse; #502 "Wendy Whelan: Moments of Grace"; Interviews and performance segments take you into the life of New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan, a Louisville native who began dancing with the Louisville Ballet Company as a child. [High-Definition] Watch Online