Friday 3/1/2013

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KET: WordWorld; #202 "Duck Saves Spider's Web/Caterpillar Gets a Home" [TV-Y]; When Duck accidentally crashes into Spider's web and breaks it apart into letters, he has to go about finding the letters to fix it. But he doesn't know what letters are in the word 'web'! Duck makes a new friend on a windy, rainy day - Caterpillar. It soon becomes apparent that Caterpillar needs a home to protect her from the elements. Together she and Duck learn to sound out some words which might make suitable homes. [High-Definition]

KET2: Charlie Rose; #19049 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KETKY: 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]

12:30 pm

KET: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #219 "Flood of Imagination/Lights Out" [TV-Y]; On a rainy day when Cleo is going crazy with boredom, Clifford comes to her rescue with an exciting action-adventure story. Then a power failure threatens to paralyze Birdwell Island, and Clifford and Mr. Bleakman save the day. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1812 "StorySLAM/Caldwell County Marker/Coralee and The Townies/Gangsters Dueling Piano Bar/Moonbow"; Spend an evening at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville for the popular StorySLAM, a part of NPR's Moth Radio Hour; in Caldwell County, a marker recounts the history of the Night Rider movement begun by Dr. David Amoss who organized tobacco farmers against an unfair monopoly; enjoy the music of Lexington-based band Coralee and The Townies; at Newport's Gangsters Dueling Piano Bar, bar patrons join the piano players for high energy, singalong fun; and experience the famous Moonbow at Cumberland Falls State Park in Whitley County. A 2013 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. [High-Definition] Watch Online

1:00

KET: GED Connection; #122 "Passing the GED Science Test" [TV-G]; An overview of the GED science test with sample questions and an explanation of the scientific method.

KET2: Caillou; #402 "Lost and Found" [TV-Y]; Caillou loses his voice and has to find other ways to communicate. While searching for a missing sock, Caillou accidentally locks himself in the basement. Daddy comes to the rescue—and locks himself in, too. [High-Definition]

KETKY: One to One with Bill Goodman; #430 "George Will"; Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper columnist, journalist, and author George Will at Kentucky Chamber's Economic Summit and Annual Meeting held in Louisville. Will is a news analyst for ABC and was a founding member on the panel of ABC's This Week with David Brinkley (now titled This Week with George Stephanopolous). His column is syndicated to over 360 newspapers. A 2009 KET production. Watch Online

1:30

KET: Pre-GED Connection; #106 "Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization" [TV-G]; Tips on how to improve your writing mechanics.

KET2: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; #116 "Be A Vegetable Taster!/Daniel Tries A New Food" [TV-Y]; Teacher Harriet introduces Daniel and his friends to the school's vegetable garden and convinces them to pick out some healthy veggies for their snack. Miss Elaina is having dinner with the Tiger family and encourages Daniel to try Veggie Spaghetti and Banana Swirl. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Bywords; #319 "Ellie Welt"; Ellie Welt discusses what a novelists' life is like. A 1984 KET production.

2:00

KET: Super Why!; #215 "Galileo's Space Adventure" [TV-Y]; The super readers blast off into the tale Galileo's Space Adventure and investigate the solar system with a young astronaut seeking to rescue his beloved teddy bear named Houston. [High-Definition]

KET2: Lidia's Italy In America; #209 "Italian American Sandwiches" [TV-G]; Lidia prepares the muffaletta sandwich, the veal hamburger parmiciano and the Italian beef sandwich. [High-Definition]

KETKY: News Quiz; #2821 [TV-G]; [High-Definition] Watch Online

2:15

KETKY: Telling Tales; #112 "Jack and the Magic Mill"; A cautionary tale about greed, told by Appalachian storytellers and musicians Tom Bledsoe, Rich Kirby, and Joy D'Elia.

2:30

KET: Dinosaur Train; #204 "Shiny and Snakes/Tiny Loves Flowers" [TV-Y]; Shiny gets over her fear of snakes when Tiny challenges the Nature Trackers to meet the ultimate snake: the Sanajeh, a huge Cretaceous snake from what is now India. Tiny is horrified when her favorite buttercups all wilt, so Mom takes her and the family to the Big Pond, where she remembers seeing a whole lot of buttercups in bloom. [High-Definition]

KET2: Simply Ming; #1015 "On The Road In San Antonio with Chef John Besh" [TV-G]; In the Lone Star State, Ming and Chef John Besh create dishes that reflect the spirit and spiciness of San Antonio. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Our Kids; #906; News and features about classroom projects and activities in Louisville-area schools.

2:58

KETKY: Kentucky Life on the Road; #610 "Along Highway 68" [TV-G]; A special expanded edition features the history, culture, and people found along Highway 68. Driving from Maysville in the northeast to Paducah in the northwest, host Dave Shuffett stops at the Blue Licks and Perryville battlefields, the Shaker village at Pleasant Hill, a neon-lit drive-in restaurant in Paris, a farm where country hams are made, Bowling Green sites connected with native son and cooking entrepreneur Duncan Hines, and more. A 2000 KET production.

3:00

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #212 "Rumbly Tumbly/Planet Name Game" [TV-Y]; The kids take a super shrunken trip into Thing One's stomach to learn why stomachs make noises. The kids take a trip on Cat's Space-a-ma-racer and learn the names of the seven planets. [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.

3:30

KET: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; #215 "Top of the Sky/Jiggle Bones" [TV-Y]; Nick and Sally launch a rocket into the sky and find it in Audrey the Astronaut's space station. The kids visit Dr. Giggles to learn about bones. [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.

4:00

KET: Arthur; #1204 "For the Birds/Ungifted" [TV-Y]; Brain dreams of being the first to spot a rare bird called the green-tailed grebe. Buster goes on a favor-repaying frenzy to get out of "favor debt" to Arthur. [High-Definition]

KET2: Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence; #202 "Harvest Time" [TV-G]; Joanne prepares roasted butternut squash and carrot soup and semolina gnocchi with brown butter. [High-Definition]

4:30

KET: WordGirl; #224 "Wishful Thinking/Lady Redundant Woman Gets The Blues" [TV-Y7]; Seymour Orlando Smooth is hoodwinking the audience members of his new show "Wishful Thinking." When he tricks Violet and TJ into giving him their money, Becky has had enough. She teams up with TJ to bring Smooth down and save the whole city from being tricked. Beatrice Bixby is trying to prove a point: she thinks copies are just as good as the original. She helps the character from a painting, Royal Dandy, to become a real life kid and he's the most spoiled child the town has ever seen. WordGirl needs to help Lady Redundant Woman and the city stop his greedy rampage and return the original painting to the museum. [High-Definition]

KET2: Pati's Mexican Table; #203 "A French Twist On Mexico" [TV-G]; Pati prepares snapper in poblano chile sauce and corn torte and cajeta crepes with toasted pecans. [High-Definition]

5:00

KET: Wild Kratts; #105 "Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy" [TV-Y]; Aviva miniaturizes Chris and Martin for a fascinating underground mission to meet earthworms and "dig up" the answer to the mystery of why worms come above ground when it rains. But they have to hurry, as they soon realize that life as a worm is full of dangers at every turn. Along the way they learn that wet objects can be changed by heating and cooling and that the worm's unique environment helps them stay moist. [High-Definition]

KET2: Connections with Renee Shaw; #805 "dream hampton"; Acclaimed hip hop journalist and culture critic dream hampton has written about music, culture, and politics for 20 years. She is "divesting herself of hip hop" and discusses why she is ready to turn her back on the genre that has consumed much of her career. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Leadership Landscape; #104 "Owsley Brown Frazier"

5:30

KET: The Electric Company; #312 "A Fistful of Confetti" [TV-Y]; It's Neighborhood Record Day and everyone in town is trying to break silly records. [High-Definition]

KET2: Louisville Life; #710 "Stitzel-Weller Distillery and the Van Winkle Family/Joy Perrine/Young Professionals Association/Apocalypse Brew Works"; The legacy of the Stitzel-Weller Distillery and the Van Winkle family; a profile of Joy Perrine, bartender at Equus Restaurant and Jack's Lounge, picked a top bartender by Esquire Magazine, and co-author of The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book; an interview with Phillip Roberts, vice president of development with the Young Professionals Association of Louisville; and visit Kentucky's latest microbrewery, Apocalypse Brew Work. A 2013 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1113 "Pinecliffe Gardens/Bybee Pottery/Camp Nelson" [TV-G]; Pinecliffe Gardens, a family-run flower farm in Philpot, offers more than 1,000 varieties of daylily cultivars and 300 hostas. At Bybee Pottery in Madison County, the fifth and sixth generations of the Cornelison family turn out sought-after wares. And at Camp Nelson, reenactors dramatize Kentucky's role in enlisting African-American troops in the Civil War, and a tinsmith demonstrates his craft. A 2005 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

5:59

KET: BBC World News America; #17060 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

6:00

KET: BBC World News America; #17060 [TV-RE]; [High-Definition]

KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #301 "The Debut of Smell-o-Vision" [TV-Y]; Broadcasting the season premiere in Smell-o-Vision seems like a great idea to Ruff—until he is sprayed by a skunk. [High-Definition]

KETKY: At Leisure's Edge: A Journey Through Kentucky's Historic Black Parks; From 1942 to 1956, Kentucky city park systems were segregated by state mandate. This program takes a look at seven historically black parks and explores how the African-American communities in Kentucky used the public spaces of parks to construct uplifting community identities despite segregation. Produced by Boyd Shearer with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.