Tuesday 1/22/2013

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3:00 pm EST

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #124 "Secret Super Digger/Pucker Up and Blow" [TV-Y]; Sally is trying to grow a flower for her mom, but it just won't grow. Time to see Finola! At Finola's Farm, she introduces Cat, Sally, and Nick to her secret super digger - Diggery the earthworm. Nick and Sally are trying to whistle but they just can't seem to get it right! The Cat takes them to visit his friend, Rocky the Winter Wren, who is an expert whistler. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #111 "Putting It All Together"; Two- and three-dimensional shapes; sorting and classifying shapes; the relationships among volume, surface area, and shape; ratio and proportion; figuring cost per unit.

KETKY: Great Leaders: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson; A biography of Kentucky civil rights pioneer Lyman Johnson, told mostly in his own words. Born in Columbia, TN, into a family not far removed from slavery, Johnson earned bachelor's and master's degrees and then spent 40 years working for the Jefferson County schools. Along the way, he campaigned for equal rights for African-American teachers; was the plaintiff in the lawsuit that opened the University of Kentucky to black students; and worked for such organizations as the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union, the Urban League, and the Louisville chapter of the NAACP. Produced by WKPC/15, Louisville.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #405 "Guest Monkey/Charkie Goes to School" [TV-Y]; George is almost as excited as Allie on her first day of school, but is ecstatic when she invites him to school the next day as a special guest monkey! He soon learns, though, that kindergarten has a lot of special rules that he's not used to. Charkie's building has a new rule - all dogs must have a good-behavior diploma from obedience school. After seeing Charkie struggle with the obstacle course, George recruits the academy's top alumni, Hundley, to help prepare Charkie for the final exam. [High-Definition]

KET2: Crossroads Café; #109 "Rush to Judgment" [TV-PG]; Jam is a suspect in a bank robbery, and Henry's grandparents get lost in the city. Vocabulary: describing people; cultural information: the role of the police.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1601 "Based on a True Story (Part 1 & 2)" [TV-Y]; Ladonna Compson, a new kid in town, charms Arthur and friends with her amazing "true" stories. But are her stories real? [High-Definition]

KET2: Tennessee Wild Side; #2407 [TV-G]; A black powder shooting match in the hills of Fentress County, protecting hemlock forests from the hemlock wolly adelgid, fishing for bass in bad weather conditions, elk hunting, and a recipe for sauteed elk. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage; Draws the national phenomenon of the Underground Railroad into sharp focus by revealing the contributions of ordinary people, both free and enslaved, whose courageous acts on both sides of the Ohio River helped overthrow the institution of slavery. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #126 "Dr. Three Brains/Bongo Rock" [TV-Y7]; Glen Furlblam is back on the scene and this time he's posing as Dr. Three Brains. He steals Dr. Two Brain's blackout ray and he's on a mission to outdo his evil idol. Chuck disables the security cameras and ties up the guards at City Hall in what he thinks is the ultimate show of villainous power. But little does he know that Mr. Big is behind his latest crimes. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Desert Speaks; #1909 "Dying Traditions in a Mexican Pueblo" [TV-G]; David takes a trip to the pueblos of the Sierra Madre, where traditions are slowly dying out as the big cities become more accessible to the population. He visits the agrarian community of Sahuaripa. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #129 "Seasquatch" [TV-Y]; The Kratt brothers' sub loses power while they are exploring the strange landscape of the ocean depths and they are trapped on the ocean floor of the deep sea. [High-Definition]

KET2: MotorWeek; #3220 "Jaguar XF AWD" [TV-G]; Road tests of the 2013 Jaguar XF AWD and the 2012 Acura RDX. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #522; [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #205 "The Great Compromise" [TV-Y]; The Electric Company and the Pranksters have to work together to preserve their ability to use their special powers in the neighborhood. [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Afield; #2916 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1006 "Thomas Edison House/Extreme Skate Park/Wrather Museum" [TV-G]; The Thomas Edison House, where the famed inventor lived, worked, and experimented while living in Louisville; Louisville's Extreme Skate Park; and Murray State University's Wrather West Kentucky Museum, which spotlights the social, cultural, and economic development of Western Kentucky and the Jackson Purchase. A 2004 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17022 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #509 "The Legend of Ruffman's Gold" [TV-Y]; Ruff's ancestor Gus Ruffman is believed to have hidden gold in an abandoned mine somewhere in Colorado. He sends Marc, Jay, and Rubye find the mine, and most importantly, find the gold! [High-Definition]

KETKY: The Price of Poverty In Kentucky; Experts and advocates from across the state gather on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to address a few of the many questions and challenges regarding poverty in Kentucky. Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw host. Panelists include Terry Brooks, executive director, Kentucky Youth Advocates; Councilwoman Attica Woodson Scott, Louisville Metro Govenment; Eric Schansberg, an economics professor at Indiana University-Southeast and member of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Board of Scholars; Reid Livingston, Kentucky director, Save the Children USA; Courtney Trent, Early Steps to School Success coordinator, Save the Children; Gerry Roll, executive director, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky; James P. Ziliak, founding director, University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research and a UK Gatton Endowed Chair of Economics; and Michelle Tooley, the Eli Lilly Professor of Religion, Berea College. A 2013 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

6:30

KET: Nightly Business Report; #32035 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Cyberchase; #609 "Chaos as Usual" [TV-Y]; Team Motherboard competes in a slugball tournament where the prize is the key to the city of Memoryville, home to a vast storehouse of Cyberspace data. The kids make the finals—but so does Hacker. [High-Definition]

7:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10547 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Rick Steves' Europe; #710 "Venice: City of Dreams" [TV-G]; Rick cruises the Grand Canal, luxuriates in a venerable cafe, and savors fresh fish canalside with Venetian friends. He views masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance and goes on a gondola ride under the moonlight. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #108 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category/Coal Miner: Frank Jackson/UMWA: A House Divided" [TV-G]; Nimrod Workman was born in 1895 and spent his life raising a family of eleven by working in the West Virginia coal mines. The film is an extended visit at his home as he and his family prepare meals, build an addition to the house, dig for yellow root, swap jokes with the neighbors, and enjoy each other's company. Next, an early Appalshop film juxtaposes coal miner Frank Jackson's personal recollections of union organizing and mining work with scenes of him in and around the mines. Also, a film of a speech given by W.A. Boyle, president of UMWA, at a miners' rally in Big Stone Gap, Va., in the summer of 1970 with scenes at a mine and interviews with working and disabled miners.

7:30

KET2: One to One with Bill Goodman; #803 "Janna McMahan"; Author Janna McMahan, a University of Kentucky graduate, discusses her career as a best-selling novelist and writer. A 2013 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:00

KET: Jubilee; #1606 "Dread Clampitt"; Dread Clampitt performs a fusion of bluegrass, rock 'n' roll, jazz, and Cajun funk at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Pioneers of Television; #302 "Primetime Soaps" [TV-PG]; Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Evans, Joan Collins, Joan Van Ark, and more stars discuss primetime soaps Dallas, Dynasty, and Knots Landing. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life on the Road; #709 "Along Highway 60" [TV-G]; In a special expanded edition, host Dave Shuffett takes a nostalgic tour of Kentucky by driving from Ashland to Paducah on U.S. 60. Stops include a drive-in restaurant, Grayson Lake, Calumet Farm, the state capitol, a Frankfort memorial to African-American Civil War veterans, a Louisville blues bar, Brandenburg, an Owensboro pastry shop, Camp Breckinridge, Smithland, and the Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area. A 2001 KET production. Watch Online

9:00

KET: The Abolitionists: American Experience; #103 "The Abolitionists, Part Three" [TV-PG]; During his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown is captured, then executed, becoming a martyr for the cause. Abraham Lincoln is elected president in 1860. Southern states secede, war breaks out, and the conflict unexpectedly drags on. In December 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment is ratified, banning slavery in all states - forever. [High-Definition]

KET2: Diamond Queen; #103 [TV-G]; Andrew Marr looks at the defining moments of HM the Queen's reign, beginning with her accession to the throne in 1952 and her Coronation sixteen months later. [High-Definition]