Web site: http://pbskids.org/fetch/
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Program explores the untapped potential of the hugely popular reality television genre and proves it can be a great venue for kids to learn problem-solving skills and teamwork, while at the same time exposing them to different cultures and experiences.
TV Schedule
Ruff's Yard Sale Makes a Racket #417
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Ruff realizes that he's a horrible shopper. He just bought a sock at a yard sale for sixteen dollars, after talking the price UP from a quarter! He also bought a broken tennis racquet at the same sale, which he plans on using in an upcoming match against his nemesis Spot Spotnick! Ruff sends Liza and Talia to the headquarters of Wilson Sporting Goods to design a new tennis racquet for him; and he gets some shopping tips from Bethany and Brian as they head to Brimfield Fair, the biggest flea market in the world!
- KET1 Monday, November 16 at 5:30 pm EST
- KET1 Friday, November 20 at 5:30 pm EST
Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat #418
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All of the cat grooming shows are competing with Ruff's ratings and he's desperate to find the mythical Helmet of Victory that will reverse his fortunes. Uncle MacRuffmantosh calls with news that he thinks he's located the Helmet on a faraway mountaintop, so Ruff plans to ride his trusty tricycle up the mountain to retrieve the prize. So Ruff sends Brian, Bethany, and Talia to meet with a bicycle expert and physics professor. Meanwhile, he sends Liza to learn how to groom a goat.
- KET1 Tuesday, November 17 at 5:30 pm EST
How to Really Train Your Dog #419
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Uncle MacRuffmantosh is hot on the trail of the Helmet of Victory! He's chartered a train scheduled to arrive at the helmet's hidden location - but the train is riddled with riddles. Ruff sends the six FETCHers to figure out the riddles on the train, which will unlock a mysterious briefcase. But there are others who won't stop until THEY get the briefcase!
- KET1 Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30 pm EST
Ruff Pigs Out and Has a Whale of a Time #420
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The lost legendary Helmet of Victory is so close Ruff can almost taste it! He's just learned that the Helmet is somewhere in Old Sturbridge Village, a town that time forgot. The FETCHers head off to the village, and then undergo a series of elimination trials to retrieve the Helmet.
- KET1 Thursday, November 19 at 5:30 pm EST
The Debut of Smell-o-Vision #301
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Broadcasting the season premiere in Smell-o-Vision seems like a great idea to Ruff—until he is sprayed by a skunk.
- KET1 Monday, November 23 at 5:30 pm EST
- KET1 Friday, November 27 at 5:30 pm EST
When Home Is a House of Cards #302
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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.
- KET1 Tuesday, November 24 at 5:30 pm EST
Just Call Him Spot #303
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Spot Spotnik spatters Ruff with permanent ink, so Ruff decides that DJ, Jay, and Sam should meet with a chemistry expert to learn to fight stains. Then, realizing that the ink spots make him look like a Dalmatian, Ruff sends Noel to a fire academy so she can learn how to fight fires.
- KET1 Wednesday, November 25 at 5:30 pm EST
Mr. Ruffman Goes to Washington #304
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When Ruff learns that it's illegal for a dog to host a reality game show, he decides to run for Local Dog Officer of Canine-Human Affairs to overturn the law. But first he needs to know more about the job of an elected official.
- KET1 Thursday, November 26 at 5:30 pm EST
Mission Improbable #305
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During a momentary lapse in judgment, Ruff pawns the Ruffman family dog collar, and it falls into the hands of international supervillain and master of disguise Ken L. Koff. So Ruff sends the Fetchers to Washington, DC for training as secret agents.
- KET1 Monday, November 30 at 5:30 pm EST
How To Break the Ice and Also Waddle on It #410
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Ruff gets ready to attend the annual convention for ARGSHAABPO, the Animal Reality Game Show Host and Aquatic Bird Performer Organization. Unfortunately, the convention will be attended by penguins, and Ruff just can't seem to relate to them. So he sends Isaac to the New England Aquarium to meet up with some penguins to get some pointers; and he sends Brian, Bethany, and Liza to learn the art of improvisation.
- KET1 Tuesday, December 1 at 5:20 pm EST
Blossom Bawls While Ruff Has a Ball with Balls #411
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Ruff tries to market "Ruffball," a brand new game that's supposed to sweep the nation! Unfortunately, Ruffball is interesting for only about six seconds. Ruff sends Talia and Liza to meet with a physics teacher to learn how to make Ruffball a little more exciting; and he sends Sterling to a stadium to learn how to broadcast a baseball game on the radio.
- KET1 Wednesday, December 2 at 5:20 pm EST
The Dogvinci Code #309
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Ruff's Uncle MacRuffmantosh gives him a new mystery to be solved. It seems that a sneaky society of cats has been hiding the secret behind Mona Lisa's smile for more than 500 years. MacRuffmantosh has uncovered a secret notebook, written by Leonardo da Vinci's dog, Dog Vinci, with details that will reveal the truth.
- KET1 Monday, December 7 at 5:30 pm EST
- KET1 Friday, December 11 at 5:30 pm EST
What's Bugging Ruff #310
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Ruff wants to have a powwow to troubleshoot the bug infestation in the doghouse. So he sends Harsha to New Mexico to participate in a real Native American powwow. Meanwhile, Noel, Sammy, and Jay are dispatched to Thompson Island to learn about insects and their habitats.
- KET1 Tuesday, December 8 at 5:30 pm EST
Will They Like the Show? It's a Shoe-In! #311
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Ruff designs a new kind of sneaker—the kind that's ridiculous and annoying. So DJ and Sammy head to a sneaker company to try to design something more functional. Then, while trying to remove his shoes, Ruff falls over a trunk containing his old street performer props and decides to send Jay and Sam to learn the art of street performing.
- KET1 Wednesday, December 9 at 5:30 pm EST
Socket to Me #312
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Blossom says that Ruff is using too much electricity, even though he's only running an electric leaf blower, a vacuum, a blender, all the lights, the washing machine, the dryer, and a karaoke machine. To humor her, he sends Sam and Sammy to figure out how he can decrease his energy consumption.
- KET1 Thursday, December 10 at 5:30 pm EST
Dog of the Rings #313
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The Fetch 3000 is on the blink. Glen, Ruff's techie teenage nephew, says he will fix it—if Ruff does something for him in return. Glen is a live-action role player, and he was supposed to go on a LARPing adventure at Wing's Castle. But he has caught a cold and can't go, so he wants one of the kids to take his place.
- KET1 Monday, December 14 at 5:30 pm EST
- KET1 Friday, December 18 at 5:30 pm EST
Arrgh—All Me Eggs Are Cracked #314
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There's a pirate curse on Ruff's family, thanks to an ancestor named Blackmuzzle. To break it, Ruff sends Sammy and Jay to the Florida Keys to search the ocean floor for Blackmuzzle's treasure. Meanwhile, Harsha and Sam work at a grocery store and compete in a grocery-bagging showdown.
- KET1 Tuesday, December 15 at 5:30 pm EST
Feeling Sheepish, Ruff? #315
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Ruff agrees to watch his sister's sheep, assuming that "sheep" means one sheep. When hundreds of them arrive, they stampede the doghouse, forcing Ruff and Blossom to barricade themselves inside the bathroom. Ruff sends two kids to learn to herd sheep and two more to Utah, where they learn about bighorn sheep and their habitat.
- KET1 Wednesday, December 16 at 5:30 pm EST
I'll Ruff and I'll Ruff and I'll Blow Your House Down #316
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Ruff is having a lot of trouble with Chet, his new mouse assistant. Chet needs training, and it would be nice if he lived somewhere other than in the Fetch 3000. So Ruff sends DJ to a dog obedience school to become an expert trainer, and Noel, Sammy, and Jay go to engineering school to learn to construct a new home for Chet—out of straw.
- KET1 Thursday, December 17 at 5:30 pm EST
The People vs. Grandma Ruffman #317
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Grandma Ruffman is in jail, having been accused of trying to break Ruff's twin, Scruff Ruffman, out of prison. Ruff sends two kids to be on Grandma's defense team, two others to examine forensic evidence, and the others to prosecute Grandma. They try the case with help from real lawyers in a real courtroom with a real judge.
- KET1 Monday, December 21 at 5:30 pm EST
- KET1 Friday, December 25 at 5:30 pm EST
Just Toying with Ruff #318
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Toy magazine names Ruff's Action-to-the-Maxion Figure "Worst Toy of the Century." Ruff is eating ice cream when a reporter asks for a comment, and the shock causes him a severe case of brain freeze. Harsha and Sammy become radio reporters and do a news piece on brain freeze, and Ruff assigns Noel and DJ to invent a new Ruff Ruffman toy.
- KET1 Tuesday, December 22 at 5:30 pm EST
The Ol' Switcheroo #319
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Ruff has been tapped to play goalie in a celebrity hockey tournament. What's even scarier is that his opponents are inmates from Poodle Island, including his twin brother, Scruff. Terrified, he sends Harsha and DJ out to engineer a "puck stopper." Meanwhile, Ruff discovers that Scruff is actually living in his doghouse, so he gets Jay and Noel to swap houses for a day.
- KET1 Wednesday, December 23 at 5:30 pm EST
Finale #320
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Twin brother Scruff takes over, renaming the show Fetch with Scruff Ruffman, and devises a series of elimination games that take place in a variety of Ruff and Scruff's childhood haunts. Will the grand finale explain the brothers' past? And will Ruff be stuck without a grand prize once again?
- KET1 Thursday, December 24 at 5:30 pm EST
Season Four Is Canceled #401
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Ruff is fired by the new Australian owner of the TV network, Harriet Hackensack (who just happens to hate dogs!) So Ruff embarks on an epic journey (in a cooking oil-powered aquatic doghouse shaped like a chicken) to get his job back! Along the way he enlists the help of his family and friends.
- KET1 Monday, December 28 at 5:30 pm EST
Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing! #402
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Ruff is determined to find the lost Helmet of Victory - an old Ruffman family heirloom that is said to bestow success upon its wearer - and Ruff needs success for his show. Unfortunately, Ruff's owner has set up a new picket fence to keep him yard-bound. He sends Liza and Isaac to learn how to pole vault over the fence, and sends Bethany and Talia out to learn everything they can about fencing.
- KET1 Tuesday, December 29 at 5:30 pm EST
The Ruffmeal Needs More Roughage #403
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In order to be a huge success, all Ruff's new "Ruff Meal" needs is a good jingle and about 50 pounds less packaging. He deploys Talia, Isaac, and Liza to work with a chef to come up with a healthier, more sustainable lunch. He then sends Bethany to meet with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops to master "Stars and Stripes Forever" for his jingle.
- KET1 Wednesday, December 30 at 5:30 pm EST
Ruff Pigs Out and Has a Whale of a Time #404
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Ruff's cameradog, Tank, is not the most reliable employee in the world, and Ruff is looks for his replacement. Meanwhile, Blossom informs him that pigs are actually smarter than dogs. Ruff sends Bethany and Brian out to prove Blossom wrong; and Sterling and Liza go to SeaWorld to see if Shamu could make a good replacement for Tank.
- KET1 Thursday, December 31 at 5:30 pm EST
