Wednesday 2/6/2013

EARLY | MORNING | AFTERNOON | EVENING | NOW PLAYING

6:00 am EST

KET: Wai Lana Yoga; #608 "Tadagi Mudra" [TV-G]

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #204 "Stinky Friends/He's Wonderful Mr. Bleakman" [TV-Y]; Emily Elizabeth tells Clifford he's not allowed to play in a certain field, but he just can't resist sneaking into it. Mr. Bleakman gets a little grumpy when Clifford messes up his new potato garden. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Leadership Landscape; #101 "Scott Davenport"; Scott Davenport, the head coach for men's basketball at Bellarmine University in Louisville, talks about leading the Knights to the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship.

6:30

KET: Body Electric; #1720 "Tallahassee, FL" [TV-G]

KET2: Wild Kratts; #138 "Birds of a Feather" [TV-Y]; Chris and Martin hope the Birds of Paradise in New Guinea will inspire Aviva to learn to dance. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Exploring an American Original; #103 "First Frontier Corridor"; The story of the permanent settlement of Kentucky begins at the Cumberland Gap. The "secret road" west through the dense Cumberland Mountains, long used by buffalo and deer, eluded explorers from America's Atlantic states for decades—though the Shawnee and Cherokee knew it well.

7:00

KET: Arthur; #1103 "Buenas Noches, Vicita/Prunella Packs It In" [TV-Y]; Vicita Molina has lost her favorite book, a lovely South American tale of friendship and courage in the Amazon jungle. Even though she's still in elementary school, Prunella has become obsessed with thoughts of college and piles on extracurricular activities to make herself more appealing to the good schools. [High-Definition]

KET2: Newsline; #3311 [TV-RE]; [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]

7:30

KET: Martha Speaks; #211 "Martha's Life in Crime" [TV-Y]; Martha tells the story of her puppy days in the animal shelter and her excitement of finding a family. But it turns out that Helen wasn't the first person who adopted Martha. Puppy Martha's new owner turns out to have unsavory plans for her. Can Martha turn the tables on the bumbling crooks and still find a family? [High-Definition]

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: Curious George; #508 "Go West, Young Monkey/Meet the New Neighbors" [TV-Y]; The Doorman gets a special delivery - a Western Town to add to his amazing train set. He lets George, Steve, and Betsy assemble it, but they lose the final railroad pin that holds it all together! After helping them search, an exhausted Hundley dozes off and dreams that he's the deputy of an old West town where a stranger (George) loses the ceremonial pin that links the new railroad tracks. George ventures into the new neighborhood Vietnamese grocery store to buy carrots, cucumbers, and apples. He has a hard time finding the items on his list, so George buys the closest fruits and vegetables he can find: phat thu, mang cau ta, and kho qua. [High-Definition]

KET2: Body Electric; #1720 "Tallahassee, FL" [TV-G]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1809 "The 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes"; Dave, with Toby by his side, remembers the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes by visiting Reelfoot Lake, Kentucky Bend, and other landforms shaped by the quakes 200 years ago. In Memphis, Dave meets with specialists to find out about earthquake preparedness and the odds of another quake occurring along the New Madrid fault. A 2013 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

8:30

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #134 "Amazing Eyes/Water Walkers" [TV-Y]; Three different animals with very different ways of seeing help the kids find a missing guinea pig. Cat takes the kids to Splishy Splashy Pond to meet Walker the water strider, who shows them how he can stay on top of the water with the help of air bubbles. [High-Definition]

KET2: TV411; #120 "Understanding the Concept of Probability, Words with Multiple Meanings, a Look at Dyslexia"; While reading a pamphlet on breast cancer, Laverne explains the basics of probability and odds. Elizabeth Daniels Squire, a novelist who is also dyslexic, talks about her work, and Antonio Mora of ABC News reports on dyslexia. Also: different meanings for the same word, how to learn and remember new words, a quiz about water and the human body, and the word genetics.

KETKY: Kentucky Health; #811 "Modern Asthma Treatment"; A discussion about modern asthma treatment with Tanya Wiese, D.O. Watch Online

9:00

KET: Super Why!; #144 "The Boy Who Drew Cats" [TV-Y]; Whyatt's big brother Jack is sick, and Whyatt wants to give him a picture to make him feel better. But even though he thinks and thinks, Whyatt still doesn't know what to draw! So the Super Readers soar into the Japanese folktale The Boy Who Drew Cats and encounter a little boy struggling to sketch a picture for the emperor. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #110 "The GED Essay" [TV-G]; GED graduates describe test day and provide tips on writing the GED essay.

KETKY: Kentucky General Assembly Live; #606

9:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #201 "Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 1/Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 2" [TV-Y]; Join Buddy and his Pteranodon family as they journey on the Dinosaur Train to the big Theropod Club Convention in Laramidia, the "Dinosaur Big City." During their adventure they meet Mayor Kosmoceratops and help King Cryolophosaurus overcome stage fright. [High-Definition]

KET2: GED Connection; #111 "Passing the GED Reading Test" [TV-G]; Reviews the skills required, the subjects covered, and the kinds of questions included on the GED reading test.

KETKY: Kentucky - An American Story; #101 "The Land"; A look at the migration of Daniel Boone and thousands of settlers through the Cumberland Gap, coal mining, tobacco farming, the TVA, and the horse farms of the Bluegrass. The film reminds viewers that Kentucky has a proud and valuable history that is deeply intertwined with the American experience. [High-Definition] Watch Online

10:00

KET: Sesame Street; #4306 "A Song for the Letter G" [TV-Y]; The letter "G" doesn't have a song about the sounds he can make, so Elmo and Rosita try to help. [High-Definition]

KET2: Gary Spetz's Painting Wild Places! with Watercolors; #205 "Learn To Paint White Water (Part 1)" [TV-G]; Gary begins a dramatic scene of rapids and a waterfall from Montana's Glacier National Park.

KETKY: Kentucky General Assembly Live; #606

10:30

KET2: Scheewe Art Workshop; #1204 "Daisy Fresh" [TV-G]; Sue captures daisies dancing in the breeze, using texture medium to add more dimension to the surface, and accents the scene with cornflowers.

11:00

KET: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #114 "Thank You, Grandpere Tiger!/Neighborhood Thank You Day" [TV-Y]; Daniel is sad that Grandpere Tiger can't come to the special Thank You Day celebration. Daniel has trouble deciding what to put in his note for the annual neighborhood Thank You Day celebration. [High-Definition]

KET2: Sew It All; #410 "Mystery Tote, Ellen Osten" [TV-G]; Play with fabric and thread to create a fun tote bag. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Impresario; Profiles Everett McCorvey, director of the opera program at the University of Kentucky, as he tours from West Virginia to Brazil with the American Spiritual Ensemble and mounts a stage production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Produced by Eren McGinnis and Ari Palos with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

11:30

KET: Sid the Science Kid; #103 "Enough with the Seashells" [TV-Y]; Sid brings home a jar filled to the top with seashells and is determined to guess how many there are. After realizing that there are too many to count, he learns a new strategy for making his best guess: estimation. [High-Definition]

KET2: Martha's Sewing Room; #3409 "Quick Zip Bags" [TV-G]; Constructing a small zippered clutch, messenger bag, converting a shorts pattern to make skorts, and hand-embroidered shell stitch.

KETKY: A Tribute and a Toast to Opera; University of Kentucky opera students salute the best of opera with performances of a wide array of pieces from time-honored composers. Recorded before a live audience at the UK Singletary Center for the Arts, the production also features the UK Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor John Nardolillo. Dr. Everett McCorvey, director of the UK Opera Theatre, provides introductions and explanations of the selections. The program also includes behind-the-scenes looks at preparations for the gala from both the conductor's and the director's perspectives. A 2005 KET production.

Noon

KET: WordWorld; #110 "Dancing Dog/Pig's Big Moonlight Feast" [TV-Y]; All the WordFriends are gathering to perform in the WordWorld concert, and Dog is especially excited. When Pig is too sick to cook his special Moonlight Feast, Duck and Dog step in to help out. [High-Definition]