Friday 3/22/2013

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KET2: Local Traveler; #101 "Shaker Village"; Learn the history of America's largest and best-known communal society and experience their way of life. Also, see why Harvest Fest is the best way to kick off the fall season! [High-Definition]

KETKY: Cassius Marcellus Clay: An Audacious American; A documentary about the great Kentucky emancipationist that follows his bold and fearless journey through the 19th century landscape of bitter politics and duels, palatial homes and beautiful women, slavery, the Civil War, and a diplomatic mission which led to the purchase of Alaska. A Michael Breeding MEDIA production. [High-Definition]

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #939 "Great Investors: Mark Headley" [TV-RE]

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3921; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with host Ferrell Wellman. Guests: Bill Bryant, anchor and managing editor, WKYT-TV, Lexington; Tom Loftus, Frankfort bureau chief, Louisville Courier-Journal; and Beth Musgrave, Frankfort bureau reporter, Lexington Herald-Leader. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #203 "Blood Is Thicker" [TV-PG]; Bert Large has been hiding a heartbreaking secret from his son Al, which threatens to jeopardize their close relationship. Martin visits the Flint brothers at the remote country home they share with their father Victor and mother Doreen. Wallace and Paddy Flint have been suffering chronic stomach disorders, and a blood test confirms they have salmonella poisoning. But there's something else odd about this family. Meanwhile, PC Mark Mylow has had to deal with his domineering sister's arrival in Portwenn. [High-Definition]

KETKY: My Kentucky Home; #105 "Grayson County"; Marking 200 years plus, share the excitement of a county that celebrates with the Honey Fest, Community Days, and an old fashion County Fair. Meet Allen Hemberger, who worked on Avatar and King Kong, as well as Kevin Mudd, organizer for the nationally known Fiddler's Contest, along with a host of others who exemplify the moral fiber of Grayson County.

KET2: The Video Vault; #107 "My Man Godfrey/Aladdin"; William Powell is a waterfront bum taken in by socialite Carol Lombard, but Godfrey turns the tables when his new family needs help.

KETKY: Summerstock; Kentucky filmmaker Robby Henson chronicles a year in the busy, eccentric life of Pioneer Playhouse, a regional repertory theater founded by his father, the late Eben Henson, in his hometown of Danville. From auditions with actors in New York City to carpooling to Kentucky, from first impressions to love affairs and feuds, and from stressful rehearsals to the tearing down of the very last set, the film details the unique challenges and special rewards of producing theater on a regional scale. Supported in part by the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KET: From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts; [TV-PG]; Neil Patrick Harris hosts the opening night concert at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. The concert stars Jennifer Hudson, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Joshua Bell, Mavis Staples, Merle Haggard, Pat Monahan (from Train), John Fogerty, Carole King, and a company of Broadway stars that includes Brian Stokes Mitchell. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #105 "Buffalo Creek: An Act of God/Buffalo Creek Revisited" [TV-G]; On February 26, 1972, a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. The disaster left 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. Interviews with survivors, representatives of union and citizen's groups, and officials of the Pittston Company are juxtaposed with actual footage of the flood. Filmed ten years after the Flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster, in which the survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century-old pattern of corporate control of the region's land and resources.

KETKY: Jubilee; #1302 "Adrienne Young and Little Sadie/Cadillac Sky" [TV-G]; Audiences around the world have become acquainted with the delicate sound and visionary insights of Adrienne Young and Little Sadie. Cadillac Sky's propulsive brand of contemporary bluegrass offers a marriage of tradition and innovation. A KET production recorded at the 2007 River of Music Party in Owensboro.

KET: WoodSongs; #901 "Guitar Master Tommy Emmanuel" [TV-G]; One of the true master guitar players in the world, Tommy Emmanuel returns with The Australian All-Star Band featuring his brother, Phil Emmanuel.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #112 "Films by David Meyers, Ben Burke, Natalie Baxter, and Peter Cook"; David Meyers film, Wood Diary is about Walker Woods a man Meyers recalls attending high school with him many years ago. He was found deceased by a neighbor at his home. When they discovered him, they also found a house full of masterful wood and metal carvings that he had done over the course of his lifetime. Wood Diary is an interpretation of the lasts days of Woods' solitary and artistic life. Other films include: Four Years Later by Ben Burke, Fried Apple Pies by Natalie Baxter, and Within by Peter Cook. A 2010 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: How Hollywood Does It; #111 "Overseas Cinema"; A discussion of some of the the major foreign film movements, such as Italian Neo-Realism and French New Wave. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Studio 89; #605 "The Western"; Born in a factory west of Interstate 75, The Western bring their Cincinnati sound to the stage. [High-Definition]