Tuesday 2/5/2013

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3:00 pm EST

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #133 "A Sweet Deal/King of Swing" [TV-Y]; Sally and Nick are having a hard time getting customers to come to their "cafe". What can they do? Swinging from a rope isn't so easy for Sally and Nick. Good thing the Cat knows the king of swing, Charlie the chimpanzee! [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #104 "Solving Problems"; A four-step process for solving problems in mathematics and in many other situations.

3:30

KET: Curious George; #507 "George-o-matic/Curious George, Sheep Herder" [TV-Y]; George is entranced by the museum's newest addition: a vending machine full of levers, wheels, springs, and healthy snacks!So when George is put in charge of making the dessert for an important dinner party, he can think of nothing better than creating his own dessert dispensing vending machine - the George-o-matic. George buys a cool new scarf at the country fair, but with one tug on a loose strand of wool, the entire scarf unravels! While searching for sheep that will give him some wool for another scarf, George accidentally whistles, which sends Bo the sheepdog and his flock of sheep on a wild adventure through the country. [High-Definition]

KET2: Crossroads Café; #113 "Trading Places" [TV-PG]; The café employees switch jobs for a day, with mixed results. Jess and Carol have problems at home. Vocabulary: talking about ability; cultural information: couples and the roles they choose.

KETKY: On Bended Knees: The Night Rider Story; During the early 1900s, farmers in the Black Patch, the dark tobacco area of western Kentucky and Tennessee, resorted to violence against agents and warehouses of the tobacco monopoly. Produced by Brad Kimmel.

3:40

KETKY: On Bended Knees: The Night Rider Story; During the early 1900s, farmers in the Black Patch, the dark tobacco area of western Kentucky and Tennessee, resorted to violence against agents and warehouses of the tobacco monopoly. Produced by Brad Kimmel.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1102 "Arthur Sells Out/Mind Your Manners" [TV-Y]; To earn the money he needs to buy a new video game, Arthur decides to sell his old toys through the school web site. At an all-school checkers competition, everyone rallies behind underdog Arthur—until he alienates all the fans by letting out a big "yowl." [High-Definition]

KET2: Tennessee Wild Side; #2409 [TV-G]; Meet singer, songwriter, and fishing guide Jay Clementi; students conduct a fish habitat study; students at a school in Murfreesboro plant a garden; meet outdoors advocate Julie Schuster; and learn ways to reduce, re-use, and recycle. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #210 "Pretty Princess Premiere/Where's Huggy?" [TV-Y7]; Will Becky be able to attend "The Pretty Princess and Magic Pony" movie premiere or will the Energy Monster foil her chance of seeing Pretty Princess on the silver screen? Disaster strikes when Bob goes missing. WordGirl tracks him down by making house calls at the evil villains lairs. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Desert Speaks; #1401 "The Driest Desert in the World" [TV-G]; A journey from Peru's capital city of Lima to the Toro Muerto, a vast "canvas" of rock and sand that contains one of the richest collections of petroglyphs in the world. Stops along the way include the Ballestas Islands, 15 miles off the coast and home to a rich array of marine life; a 600-foot geoglyph of a San Pedro cactus carved into a hillside hundreds of years ago; and the desert town of Ica and its oasis, surrounded by 1,000 square miles of shifting sand dunes.

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #213 "Speaking Dolphinese" [TV-Y]; The Wild Kratts are on a mission to decode the secret language of one of the smartest creatures on Earth - Dolphins! [High-Definition]

KET2: MotorWeek; #3222 "Detroit Auto Show" [TV-G]; Highlights include the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, the 2013 Ford Fusion, and a look at shocks and struts. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #524; Carter and Clark visit Sirloin Stockade and talk to owner Adam Carver as well as former employees of this MSU landmark eatery. [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #311 "Pranster Holiday" [TV-Y]; The pranksters try to launch a wordball balloon that reads, "The Electric Company doesn't like you." [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Afield; #2918 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1017 "Bill Luster/Federal Grove/Laura Brewer" [TV-G]; Photographer Bill Luster, who has worked for the Courier-Journal for 30 years, mounts an exhibit of his work in his hometown of Glasgow. In Auburn, Terry Blythe operates a bed-and-breakfast in an 1871 mansion. And Warren County upholsterer Laura Brewer recycles scraps into whimsical Christmas stockings. A 2004 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17036 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #515 "Birds Are Handy!" [TV-Y]; Emmie and Rubye head out to Wyoming to work with songbirds in the field. Ruff sends Marc and Shreya to learn how to dance with their hands. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Tonight; #2009 "Industrial Hemp"; A discussion about industrial hemp. Scheduled guests: Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer; Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer; former Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller, founder of The Recovering Politician; and Dan Smoot, vice president of Operation UNITE. [High-Definition] Watch Online

6:30

KET: Nightly Business Report; #32045 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Cyberchase; #303 "A World Without Zero" [TV-Y]; Discouraged by a poison pen campaign devised by Hacker, Mister Z decides to leave Gollywood, taking his zeroes with him. The sudden disappearance of the number 0 causes confusion and chaos, and the kids and Digit try to get Mister Z back by showing him that he does indeed have a value. [High-Definition]

7:00

KET: PBS NewsHour; #10557 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Rick Steves' Europe; #712 "European Travel Skills, Part I" [TV-G]; The first of a three-part mini-series distills Rick Steves' 30 years of travel experience into 30 minutes of practical advice on how to have a fun, affordable, and culturally broadening trip to Europe. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #110 "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers/John Jacob Niles" [TV-G]; I.D. Stamper, a master dulcimer builder and player from Letcher County, Ky., and John McCutcheon, a young musician, play together, swap tunes, discuss musical traditions, and demonstrate the difference between hammered and mountain-style dulcimer. And, a portrait of John Jacob Nile, the adding machine repairman who came to eastern Kentucky in 1909 and became a much-noted "arranger, expander, collector, recorder, and performer" of traditional Appalachian ballads. The film shows Niles in concert, at home, at work arranging his music, and explaining the historical place of balladry in American music.

7:30

KET2: One to One with Bill Goodman; #805 "Sen. Robert Stivers"; Bill talks with State Sen. Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) about being elected president of the Kentucky Senate and the upcoming legislative session. A 2013 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:00

KET: Jubilee; #1608 "Nedski and Mojo with Jana"; Nedski and Mojo with Jana, known for their banjo-guitar and mandolin-guitar duets, perform at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Pioneers of Television; #304 "Miniseries" [TV-PG]; LeVar Burton, Ed Asner, Louis Gossett Jr., and other discuss Roots. Peter Strauss and Susan Blakely offer fresh insights into Rich Man, Poor Man and all of the key players from the landmark miniseries The Thorn Birds appear. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Instrument Maker: Homer Ledford; [TV-G]; A chronicle of the creation of a dulcimer, from conception to finished instrument, interwoven with the life story of Winchester craftsman Homer Ledford, America's premier dulcimer maker. Produced by Stan Petrey with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

8:30

KETKY: Rebound: A Basketball Story; In the fall of 1980, the small town of Independence, Kentucky was rocked by a massive gas explosion at its high school. In the face of adversity, a group of young men picked up the pieces of their lives the way they knew best - by playing basketball. With no school to attend or gym to practice in, the boy's varsity basketball team realized a dream by winning the state championship. In the process, they inspired their fellow students and united the entire community. Nick Clooney narrates. [High-Definition]

9:00

KET: Silicon Valley: American Experience; [TV-PG]; A look at the creation of the integrated circuit and the monumental impact the microchip had on modern life are examined. [High-Definition]

KET2: King George and Queen Mary; #101; Born and brought up in the Victorian age, King George V was conservative to his fingertips. Yet in the face of unstoppable social change after WWI he turned out to be a remarkable innovator, creating the House of Windsor, embracing democratic reform, and reinventing many of the royal traditions. [High-Definition]