Tuesday 2/26/2013

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Noon EST

KET: WordWorld; #122 "Play Ball/M Is for Map" [TV-Y]; Robot practices playing baseball and turns into a slugger. Sheep and Bear have a fun day of adventuring through the jungle but then discover that they're lost. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #19046 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Time Capsule; #112 "Earthmother"; Nell Marsh—"Earthmother" to just about everybody who knew her—ran a halfway house to help men move from prison to life outside. Watch Online

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #214 "Vaz Goes Down the Tube/Cyber Puppy Problems" [TV-Y]; Vaz gets a new satellite dish with 632 channels, and suddenly all he wants to do is watch TV. Mac worries that Jetta loves her new mechanical toy dog more than she loves him. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bluegrass and Backroads; #910; Taste the treats at Mom Blakeman's Candy; meet wood turner Chris Ramsey; meet Cramer Schneider, a remarkable young man who shows cattle at the Kentucky State Fair; and visit Cook Farm - one of the finalists in Kentucky Farm Bureau's Outstanding Young Farm Family contest. [High-Definition]

1:00

KET: GED Connection; #117 "Themes in U.S. History" [TV-G]; Explores key events and themes—such as the nation's multicultural nature—that have made the United States what it is today.

KET2: Caillou; #317 "Caillou the Helper" [TV-Y]; While pretending to be a jet pilot, Caillou falls down and scrapes his knees. The traffic lights near school stop working, so a policeman comes to direct traffic. Grandpa takes Caillou to the park to meet his friend George, who tells funny stories about when he and Grandpa were young. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #422 "John David Dyche"; Bill sits down with Louisville lawyer, conservative political columnist, and author John David Dyche to discuss his upcoming book Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell, the story of how McConnell has become Washington's most powerful Republican. A 2009 KET production. Watch Online

1:21

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #422 "John David Dyche"; Bill sits down with Louisville lawyer, conservative political columnist, and author John David Dyche to discuss his upcoming book Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell, the story of how McConnell has become Washington's most powerful Republican. A 2009 KET production. Watch Online

1:28

KETKY: Kentucky General Assembly Live; #619

1:30

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #105 "Grammar and Usage" [TV-G]; Reviews typical grammar and usage problems writers encounter.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #104 "Daniel Gets Mad/Katerina Gets Mad" [TV-Y]; Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday get mad when Mom Tiger won't let them go play at the beach in the rain. Katerina Kittycat gets mad when someone else picks the instrument she wants to play. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #316 "Jack Hicks"; Columnist Jack Hicks talks bout being a newspaper editor. A 1984 KET production.

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #151 "King Midas" [TV-Y]; Pig only has one toy car, but he wants lots more! Super Why and his friends fly into the story of a ruler with the golden touch and meet King Midas. The king may think that more is better, but all he ends up with is more problems! The reading heroes help King Midas, and Pig learns an important lesson about appreciation. [High-Definition]

KET2: Garden Smart; #2904 [TV-G]; Experts provide advice on what plants grow well inside and how we should care for them. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Severe Weather: Staying Safe; #701; Experts answer viewers' questions about severe weather and how to prepare for storm season. A 2013 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #137 "Carla Cretoxyrhina/Train Trouble" [TV-Y]; On this underwater excursion, the Pteranodon family meets up with Carla Cretoxyrhina, a young shark who turns out to be much nicer than her reputation suggests. She introduces the family to her dad, bringing them face to face with the "Big Fish in the Sea." The speedy dinosaur brothers Oren and Ollie join our kids on a train trip to Troodon Town, but unplanned engine trouble sends Oren and Ollie sprinting the Roundhouse to bring back another engine to save the day! [High-Definition]

KET2: P. Allen Smith's Garden Home; #1204 "Intriguing Interiors" [TV-G]; P. Allen Smith is keeping us indoors to talk about interior design with the help of a few friends. Plus, we get a little history lesson from Allen on how the sleeping porch became so popular. [High-Definition]

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #207 "Tough Enough/How Cool Is Coral" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally debate which animal is the toughest and meet Wally the Waterbear, who is tough enough to live anywhere. The Cat needs to get Ting Tang Tony back to his family. [High-Definition]

KET2: Math Basics; #110 "Patterns and Statistics"; Pattern recognition; tessellations; number patterns; displaying numeric data with graphs; introduction to statistics; sampling and probability.

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1801 "Tornadoes In Kentucky"; The town of West Liberty was struck by two tornadoes on Feb. 29 and Mar. 2, 2012. Dave visits the Louisville National Weather Service, established in 1871, to find out about the region's history of tornadoes and what tornado warnings mean; talks with General John Heltzel of Kentucky Emergency Management to find out how the state is prepared to help in any emergency; and visits the town of West Liberty, to see how this hardest-hit of communities is dealing with its loss and its recovery. A 2012 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

3:30

KET: Curious George; #607 "Feeling Antsy/Maple Monkey Madness" [TV-Y]; George spots an army of ants, something the Man with the Yellow Hat warned his messy monkey about. George learns that maple syrup comes from trees, so he and Allie team up to replenish the Man's syrup supply. [High-Definition]

KET2: Crossroads Café; #119 "The People's Choice" [TV-G]; Jess runs for city council. Jamal's cousin visits from Egypt and falls in love with Rosa. Cultural information: elections and government.

KETKY: Thoroughbred; [TV-G]; A fascinating look at the world of thoroughbred horses through the eyes of the people who breed, race, sell, and love them. A 2010 KET production, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner. [High-Definition]

4:00

KET: Arthur; #509 "Just Desserts/The Big Dig" [TV-Y]; Overindulging in sweets leads to a night of very strange dreams for Arthur. After Grandpa Dave shows them a secret map, Arthur and D.W. hunt for buried treasure and learn some family history. [High-Definition]

KET2: Tennessee Wild Side; #2412 [TV-G]; The works of outdoor artist David Sercel, the Water Education for Teachers project, artists paint Duck River, Tennessee outdoor writing history, and balancing altered baits. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #221 "Earth Day Girl/A Hero, A Thief, A Store and Its Owner" [TV-Y7]; When the Birthday Girl learns that the Earth is having a special celebration (on her birthday!) she decides to teach the Earth a lesson. A police officer arrives at the jewelry store only to find Reginald, Chuck, Captain Huggy Face, and WordGirl encased in condiment cocoons. He questions everyone, but uncovering the truth from a superhero, a villain, a monkey, and a dramatic jewelry store clerk isn't as easy as it sounds. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Desert Speaks; #1404 "The Lost Palm Weavers of Sonora" [TV-G]; The Ópatas were probably the largest aboriginal group in what is now Sonora, Mexico. By the 1950s, anthropologists could not locate a single speaker of the native language. But Ópata palm-weaving traditions live on in Buena Vista, Sonora, where the women still weave in "hookies"—small underground cellars that provide the cool, humid climate needed to maintain the elasticity of the palm fronds.

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #103 "Aardvark Town" [TV-Y]; After a young aardvark accidentally becomes a stowaway in Chris's backpack, the Wild Kratts team sets off on a "door to door" search to return him to his home burrow. Along the way, they discover how aardvarks manipulate earth materials to alter landscapes and learn the incredible (and valuable) service this amazing animal provides to all the burrow-living creatures of Africa. [High-Definition]

KET2: MotorWeek; #3225 "Lamborghini Aventador" [TV-G]; The Lamborghini Aventador and the 2013 Toyota Rav4 are road tested. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Roundabout U; #527; Carter and Clark bring you up-to-date with events going on around western Kentucky. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes talks with Olivia Medovich about improving civic health in Kentucky; the community's impression of Presidential Lecture series speaker, Spike Lee; and more. [High-Definition] Watch Online

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #119 "Out To Launch" [TV-Y]; When Francine calls Hector a liar on a neighborhood billboard, The Electric Company has to work together to help clear Hector's name. [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Afield; #2921 "Spring Turkey Call-In 2013" [TV-G]; Tim Farmer and experts from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources answer viewers' queries about turkey hunting. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1109 "Floracliff Nature Sanctuary/Howard Steamboat Museum/Tim Lewis" [TV-G]; The Floracliff nature preserve in southern Fayette County, which offers an incredible spring wildflower display and the largest travertine (petrified waterfall) in Kentucky; the Howard Steamboat Museum in southern Indiana; and self-taught stone carver Tim Lewis of Isonville. A 2005 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

5:47

KETKY: Kentucky General Assembly Live; #619

5:59

KET: BBC World News America; #17057 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17057 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #302 "When Home Is a House of Cards" [TV-Y]; While Ruff is trying to build a card table (which, of course, he naturally assumes is a table made of cards), he interviews the first candidate to be his new assistant: a mouse named Chet who abruptly moves into the Fetch 3000. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Tonight; #2012 "Public Employee Pensions"; A discussion about public employee pensions. Scheduled guests: Kentucky Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown; State Rep. Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, chair of the House State Government Committee; Bryan Sunderland, vice president of public affairs for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; and Jason Bailey, director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, a member of the Kentucky Public Pension Coalition. [High-Definition] Watch Online