The Codebreaker
The Codebreaker
The Codebreaker
Based on the book The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies, The Codebreaker reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government.
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American Experience
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American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Goin' Back to T-Town
The program profiles the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma - once a flourishing Black community during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation.
- Tuesday February 9, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday February 9, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET
- Wednesday February 10, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday February 10, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET
- Thursday February 11, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday February 11, 2021 1:00 am CT on KET
- Thursday February 11, 2021 5:00 am ET on KET2
- Thursday February 11, 2021 4:00 am CT on KET2
- Thursday February 11, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday February 11, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
Voice of Freedom
The film explores the life story of contralto Marian Anderson, who performed in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after enduring racism and segregation. Anderson was hailed as a voice that "comes around once in a hundred years."
- Monday February 15, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday February 15, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET
- Wednesday February 17, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday February 17, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET
- Sunday February 21, 2021 10:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday February 21, 2021 9:00 pm CT on KET2
- Monday February 22, 2021 4:00 am ET on KET2
- Monday February 22, 2021 3:00 am CT on KET2
- Monday February 22, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday February 22, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
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Roads to Memphis - S22 E7
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 6:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 5:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 9:30 am ET on KETKY
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 8:30 am CT on KETKY
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 1:00 am ET on KETKY
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 12:00 am CT on KETKY
- Tuesday January 19, 2021 11:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Tuesday January 19, 2021 10:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Tuesday January 19, 2021 2:30 pm ET on KETKY
- Tuesday January 19, 2021 1:30 pm CT on KETKY
- Tuesday January 19, 2021 6:00 am ET on KETKY
- Tuesday January 19, 2021 5:00 am CT on KETKY
- Monday January 18, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday January 18, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Wednesday December 30, 2020 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Wednesday December 30, 2020 2:00 am CT on KET2
American Experience - The Codebreaker
- Friday January 15, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday January 15, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
- Wednesday January 13, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
- Wednesday January 13, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET
- Monday January 11, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday January 11, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET
Eugenics Crusade: American Experience - S30 E6
- Friday January 8, 2021 4:00 am ET on KET
- Friday January 8, 2021 3:00 am CT on KET
- Friday January 8, 2021 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Friday January 8, 2021 2:00 am CT on KET2
