THE GOSPEL MUSIC OF WHITNEY
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& Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Roy Orbison and more!
At the close of this month, the city of Lexington is poised to break ground on Town Branch Park, a 10-acre public greenspace behind Rupp Arena that will connect more than 22 miles of
walking and biking trails branching throughout the city.
The park, said Ann Bakhaus, chair of the volunteer board of directors spearheading the project, will mark “a transformational
change to the heart of downtown Lexington, one that will bring people together and last for generations to come.”
Bakhaus, who’s worked on the park for nearly eight years, said
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- Ann Bakhaus Chair of the Town Branch Park Advisory Boardshe’s happy to devote her time to a project like this because it’s designed to be shared by all and to strengthen the community ties in a city she loves and calls home.
In many ways, she said, the park is a lot like KET, another community resource she loves and supports.
“What’s so special about KET is that it touches so many lives, and it creates opportunities for children and people of all ages throughout the state,” Bakhaus said. “Everybody knows and loves KET because they know how effective KET is.”
As Kentucky’s only statewide network, KET serves as an important informational hub for the Commonwealth, one that’s open to everyone to enjoy and use, she said.
Parents and caregivers turn to KET because they trust the network’s children’s programming, and early childhood resources are a source of positive, educational content that help young learners engage with the world around them.
“If you’re raising a family, KET’s programs are very important because you know they won’t have violence or other things that aren’t appropriate for young children,” she said, adding that she has fond memories of her own children watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood during their formative years. “All the programs
have an educational component to them, and they’re very wholesome –I like wholesome.”
Bakhaus said she also gravitates to KET for its public affairs coverage, programs such as Kentucky Tonight, Kentucky Edition and KET Forums that delve into the Commonwealth’s most pressing issues of the day and cultivate statewide discussions about legislative, healthcare and workforce topics.
“When an election is drawing near, you can bet I’ll be tuning in to KET,” she adds. “It’s where I know I can get good, honest information, much like I could get from David Brinkley or Walter Cronkite many years ago.”
Another facet of KET that’s near and dear to her is that the network’s programs tell Kentucky’s story, preserving the state’s history through programs like Kentucky Life and documentaries about its key historical figures and places.
“It’s very important to me that we take care of our history and pass it along to our children and grandchildren,” she said. “I think they learn a lot from that. And KET should be credited for bringing these stories into our living rooms. It does such a great job of helping us understand our home state and what makes it so special.”
Hearing from longtime friend and supporter Ann Bakhaus is a wonderful reminder of the importance of volunteers and the incredible contributions that are made in our communities by those willing to give their time and support to worthy causes.
We appreciate and thank all those who volunteer for and support KET, helping to move our programs and services forward. It’s in part because of this that we can not only provide all the great programming you love but also serve Kentucky as the state’s largest classroom.
As students are welcomed back to school this month, we remain dedicated to supporting learning and achievement. For almost 55 years, our guiding principle has been to ensure learners throughout Kentucky have access to effective, engaging content and classroom instruction. Today, hundreds of quality, standards-aligned online instructional resources, developed by our education team, are used in every Kentucky public school district as well as classrooms across the country.
As we invite viewers to make a donation during this month’s SummerPledge event, we thank you for supporting all we do at KET.
Shae Hopkins KET Executive Director and CEOWHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT KET IS THAT IT TOUCHES SO MANY LIVES, AND IT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
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KET’s SummerPledge 2023 is August 12-20, and we hope you’ll enjoy the special lineup of concerts and performances by some of the most beloved artists from country music, rock ‘n’ roll, Broadway, gospel and blues. With your SummerPledge donation, you’re helping KET purchase your favorite KET programs — which cost more than $3 million a year — including Masterpiece dramas, Nova, Finding Your Roots, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and all the other classic movies, documentaries, and programs not found anywhere else. Thank you for your generous support.
Johnny Cash: Man in Black – Live in Denmark 1971
This 1971 concert features duets with his wife June Carter Cash as well as appearances by the legendary Maybelle Carter, Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers.
KET Saturday, August 12 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Wednesday, Aug. 16 • 11:30/10:30 pm
Broadway’s Brightest Lights
The best and brightest theater talents perform some of Broadway’s greatest show tunes, featuring Tony Awardwinning Broadway star Megan Hilty alongside The American Pops Orchestra.
KET Sunday, August 13 • 7:30/6:30 pm
Frankie Valli
& The Four Seasons: A Life on Stage
Take a trip down memory lane with the “Jersey Boys” on the 60th anniversary of the release of their first #1 hit, “Sherry.”
KET Sunday, August 13 • 6/5 pm
KET2 Tuesday, Aug. 15 • 9/8 pm
John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High
This 1974 concert from Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater features the singer-songwriter in his prime.
KET Monday, Aug. 14 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Sunday, Aug. 13 • 1:30/12:30 pm
To make your donation to KET, visit KET.org/Donate or call (800) 866-0366.
OUR GIFT TO YOU
With your donation to KET, you can receive tickets to these special events!
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Sunday, Aug. 27 | Rupp Arena, Lexington
Tommy Emmanuel
Saturday, Oct. 21 | Taft Theater, Cincinnati
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Saturday, Nov. 11 | Kentucky Center for the Arts, Bomhard Theater, Louisville
Andrea Bocelli
Saturday, Dec. 2 | KFC Yum! Center, Louisville
Visit KET.org/Donate to see all the thank-you gifts available.
Roy
Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night
Celebrate the music legend in an iconic 1987 concert with Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and more!
KET Wednesday, Aug. 16 • 9:30/8:30 pm
KET2 Friday, Aug. 18 • 7/6 pm
I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston became one of the most accomplished recording artists of all time, but her heart was always in gospel music. From her first performance in front of an audience to the best-selling Gospel album of all time, The Preacher’s Wife, experience how profoundly Gospel music influenced her personal life and shaped her career.
KET Wednesday, Aug. 16 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Thursday, Aug. 17 • 8/7 pm
Kenny Rogers Live in Concert
Filmed at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1983, this concert features Kenny Rogers at the top of his game with a set list that includes six number one songs.
KET Thursday, Aug. 17 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Saturday, Aug. 12 • 2/1 pm
Watch these programs on-demand at KET.org or on the PBS app
Fancy Farm live coverage
KET Saturday, Aug. 5 • 2:30/1:30 pm
Join KET for exclusive live coverage of Fancy Farm, the annual politicking picnic widely viewed as the kickoff to the fall election season. Streamed from the grounds of St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., coverage features the day’s speeches as well as analysis from host Renee Shaw and a panel of special guests. And tune-in Monday, Aug. 7, for Fancy Farm Highlights, which recaps the event’s most memorable moments, beginning at 8/7 pm on KET.
The Curse of the Spencers
KET Sunday, Aug. 6 • 7/6 pm
Explore the tumultuous lives of the late Diana’s parents and the complicated upbringing that shaped a Princess. It’s a story of broken first love, infidelity and heart-breaking family betrayal, all playing out under the glare of the media spotlight, offering a fascinating glimpse into the life of a woman before the Royal legend and a dynasty whose story has all the twists and turns of a Hollywood blockbuster.
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The Twinning Reaction
KET Monday, Aug. 7 • 10/9 pm
This documentary gives voice to the unwitting subjects of an infamous American scientific experiment: the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard study of separated twins. Told from the perspective of the identical twins and triplets who were secretly split up in infancy and studied by psychoanalysts for decades, the documentary examines the traumatic, long-term effects of the separations on the twins and their adoptive families.
All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Three
KET Sunday, Aug. 13 • 9/8 pm
Go behind the scenes of Season 3 of the hit Masterpiece series based on the heartwarming tales of James Herriot, the world’s most beloved veterinarian. This special program highlights the series’ most compelling storylines and features interviews with cast members discussing the program’s ability to transport viewers to a simpler time and what makes it so charming.
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
KET Sunday, Aug. 27 • 7/6 pm
Historian Kate Williams explores some of the more scandalous and shocking stories about the residences of the British monarchy. Tales examined include the death of Princess Charlotte in Windsor Castle in 1817, the network of tunnels built by George IV beneath Brighton’s Royal Pavilion to shield his appearance from his critics, and the lost palace of Whitehall destroyed by fire in 1698.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
KET Monday, Aug. 28-30 • 9/8 pm
This five-part series, aired over three consecutive evenings from Aug. 28-30, explores how ordinary men, women and children were drawn, both willingly and unwillingly, into “the Troubles,” the conflict in Northern Ireland that spanned three decades. This series gives voice to those who lived through the region’s violent past by testimonies from all sides of the conflict, telling the story of communities living with the conflict daily, many of which are still dealing with its legacies today.
Ridley: Season 1, Episode Seven: The Numbered Days, Part 1
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 8, Episode Four D.I. Ray: Season 1, Episode Four
Country Music: The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968)
The Video Vault: Three Came Home and the Lonely Villa
Kentucky Tonight The Great American Recipe: Season 2, Episode Seven
Antiques Roadshow: Omaha, Hour Three Help! We Bought a Village: Season 1, Episode Nine
Before We Die: Season 2, Episode One
When Disaster Strikes: The Silent Killer: Somalia Love and Respect with Killer Mike A Seat at the Table: The N-Word
Great Conversations: Maggie Haberman and Laura Coates Bluegrass and Backroads Kentucky Time Capsule
POV: Children of the Mist BBC News
The Story of....: Patrick Swayze Kentucky Edition Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin Kentucky Muse: Merle Travis: Guitar Man Kentucky Edition Connections: Ari Berman Conversations with Champions: Butch Cope and Tony Gray
Finding Your Roots: To the Manor Born Southern Storytellers: Episode 3
Broadchurch: Season 3, Episode Four Seaside Hotel: Season 7, Episode Five: A Gentleman from Copenhagen
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein: The Golden Gate Bridge BBC News Kentucky Edition
Before We Die: Season 2, Episode One Kentucky Edition History Detectives: World War II Leaflets
Believe Me - Help and Hope for Sexual Assault Survivors Disrupting Addiction: A KET Forum Kentucky Edition Connections: Miss Kentucky Clark Davis Kentucky Tonight
Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries: Australia Human Footprint: The Urban Jungle Nova: The Planets: Ice Worlds BBC News Kentucky Edition
Ridley: Season 1, Episode Seven: The Numbered Days, Part 1 Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 8, Episode Four D.I. Ray: Season 1, Episode Four Kentucky Edition
The Good Road: Richmond, Virginia
In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Salute to American Music Believe Me - Help and Hope for Sexual Assault Survivors Kentucky Edition Connections: Ky. First Lady Jane Beshear Jubilee: Best of the 2011 International Newgrass Festival
Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland, Hour One Doc Martin: From the Mouths of Babes.... Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish BBC News
This Old House: Atlanta Ask This Old House: Sandstone Repair Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein: The Golden Gate Bridge
Pioneers of Television: Variety
Kentucky Afield Kentucky Life Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen Lanham Brothers Jamboree Kentucky Edition
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: The Foundation
Doc Martin: From the Mouths of Babes.... Movie Classics: Love & Mercy
Distinguished Kentuckian: John Jacob Niles WoodSongs Kids Run That by Me Again
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition My Music with Rhiannon Giddens
Connections: Wayne Lewis Appalshop Classics from the Collection: Strangers and Kin
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Under Siege
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield: Kentucky Wild Question and Answer Show Movie Classics: The Big Country
Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances
Lanham Brothers Jamboree Kentucky Music: Jamie and Jesse Wells
WoodSongs: George Winston and Cutter Elliott
The Pack Horse Librarians
Connections: Anthony Smith
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition
Comment on Kentucky
WoodSongs: George Winston and Cutter Elliott
1, Episode Seven
Music Anywhere: Maggie Lander Jubilee: Best of the 2011 International Newgrass Festival
Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules
Country Music: The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968) Southern Storytellers
30 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Ridley Season 1, Episode Seven: The Numbered Days, Part 1 Ridley and Carol get called out to investigate the suspicious death of a man after a fall from his balcony. The prime suspect is the victim’s younger brother.
8/7 pm Country Music The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968) See how country music reflects a changing America, with Loretta Lynn speaking to women everywhere, Merle Haggard becoming “The Poet of the Common Man” and audiences looking beyond race to embrace Charley Pride.
9/8 pm Grantchester on Masterpiece Season 8, Episode Four Leonard is devastated when a halfway house resident is found dead. The man confessed suicidal thoughts to Will, but is this suicide or murder?
10/9 pm D.I. Ray Season 1, Episode Four D.I. Ray makes a shocking discovery which has a huge impact on her investigation and her personal life.
10/9 pm When Disaster Strikes The Silent Killer: Somalia Humanitarians race to meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable as another drought strikes Somalia.
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9/8 pm The Great American Recipe Season 2, Episode Seven It’s the home cooks’ last chance to impress the judges with recipes inspired by their lives, from carne asada tacos to corn chaat to chicken chapli.
10/9 pm POV Children of the Mist The film traces the story of Di, a 13-year-old girl coming of age in a remote indigenous Hmong community in the mountains of Northwest Vietnam.
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8/7 pm Finding Your Roots To the Manor Born Actor Glenn Close and director John Waters find out about ancestors who are as bold and independent as they are.
9/8 pm Southern Storytellers Episode
3 Some of the South’s most influential creators take us to the places that feed their imaginations: author Jesmyn Ward, screenwriter Michael Waldron, poet Natasha Trethewey and songwriters Justin Moore, Tarriona “Tank” Ball and Thao Nguyen.
10/9 pm Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein The Golden Gate Bridge Explore the story behind the Golden Gate Bridge, an engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit.
2 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries Australia The team helps scientists investigate the lives of some of Australia’s most iconic animals, including koalas, fruit bats and kangaroos.
9/8 pm Human Footprint The Urban Jungle Shane explores three thriving urban species and envisions a wilder future for our cities.
10/9 pm Nova The Planets: Ice Worlds In the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus and Neptune dazzle with unexpected rings, supersonic winds, and dozens of moons. And NASA’s New Horizons gets a stunning up-close view of Pluto before venturing deep into the Kuiper Belt.
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8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour One Discover hidden treasures such as 1920 World Series stubs, a Charles Rohlfs music stand and an Ohio folk art double portrait, ca. 1838.
9/8 pm Doc Martin From the Mouths of Babes.... With James teething, Martin and Louisa are desperate for more sleep.
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9/8 pm Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World The Foundation Discover the factors that led to the birth of hip hop and its first socially conscious hit “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982.
5 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life The illustrations of Louisville artist Bri Bowers depict some of the city’s most well-loved local landmarks; a look at bike polo in Lexington; a 1876 phenomenon occurred when a substance resembling meat fell from the sky over the Crouch family farm in Olympia Springs; and artist Kelly Brewer and her friends started the Common Wealth of Kentucky Project, using their talents to showcase people and places in the Bluegrass.
9:30/8:30 pm Movie Classics The Big Country Retiring to the American West to marry his fiancee, Captain James McKay enters a land-and-water feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill and the rough and lawless Hannassey family, led by Rufus. Starring Gregory Peck, Charles Bickford and Burl Ives (1958).
Ridley: Season 1, Episode Eight: The Numbered Days, Part 2
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 8, Episode Five
Country Music: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972)
The Video Vault: The Time of Your Life and Musketeers of Pig Alley
Fancy Farm 2023 Highlights The Great American Recipe: Season 2, Episode Eight
Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland, Hour One Help! We Bought a Village: Season 1, Episode Ten
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 8, Episode Six Before We Die: Season 2, Episode Two
When Disaster Strikes: Paradise Lost: Bahamas Love and Respect with Killer Mike: T.I. The Chavis Chronicles: Michael S. Regan
Great Conversations: Geraldine Brooks and Jacki Lyden Bluegrass and Backroads Kentucky Time Capsule
The Twinning Reaction BBC News Kentucky Edition
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America Kentucky Edition History with David Rubenstein
Take the River Kentucky Muse: Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame Ceremony 2016 Kentucky Edition Connections: Andrew Brennen Conversations with Champions: Jimmy Dan Conner and Jerry Hale
Finding Your Roots: On Broadway American Experience: Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History Frontline: Inside the Iranian Uprising BBC News Kentucky Edition
Broadchurch: Season 3, Episode Five Seaside Hotel: Season 7, Episode Six: Obsessed Before We Die: Season 2, Episode Two Kentucky Edition History Detectives
Ted Bassett: A Kentucky Gentleman Statues: This Is What We Stand For? Kentucky Edition Connections: Tribute to Georgia Davis Powers Fancy Farm 2023 Highlights
Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico Human Footprint: The Ground Below The Search for the Ocean’s Super Predator BBC News Kentucky Edition
Ridley: Season 1, Episode Eight: The Numbered Days, Part 2
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 8, Episode Five
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 8, Episode Six Kentucky Edition
The Good Road: Charleston, S.C.
In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Showcase of Kentucky Talent Ted Bassett: A Kentucky Gentleman Kentucky Edition Connections: Child Abuse Awareness Jubilee: Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press/The Del McCoury Band
Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland, Hour Two Doc Martin: Accidental Hero
This Old House: Atlanta Ask This Old House: Paint Bathroom Tile In the Footsteps of....: In Dickens’ Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
Kentucky Afield: Kentucky Wild Question and Answer Show Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen Lanham Brothers Jamboree
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Culture Wars
Doc Martin: Accidental Hero Movie Classics: The Big Country
Distinguished Kentuckian: Adolph Rupp WoodSongs Kids Run That by Me Again
Father Brown: The Red Death BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Battle Honours – The Big Red One Kentucky Edition The Caverns Sessions: Moon Taxi
Kentucky Edition
Connections: Alison Lundergan Grimes Appalshop@40: Classics from the Collection: Long Journey Home
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Still Fighting BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Johnny Cash: Man in Black - Live in Denmark 1971 ‘70’s Soul Superstars (My Music)
Kentucky Edition
Connections: Crystal Wilkinson WoodSongs: Andrew Farriss Band and Fortunate Ones
Suze Orman's Ultimate Retirement Guide (7 pm) Joanne Shaw Taylor Live Lynyrd Skynyrd: Celebrating 50 Years, Recorded Live at the Ryman
Lanham Brothers Jamboree Kentucky Music: John P. Rodgers
WoodSongs: Andrew Farriss Band and Fortunate Ones
Smoketown: A Tradition To Treasure Music Anywhere Jubilee: Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press/The Del McCoury Band
Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules
Nature
The Search for the Ocean’s Super Predator
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8/7 pm Ridley Season 1, Episode Eight: The Numbered Days, Part 2 Ridley discovers a shocking connection between the murder case and the arson attack which killed his own family.
8/7 pm Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972) Learn how country music responds to a nation divided by the Vietnam War, as Army captain turned songwriter Kris Kristofferson sets a new lyrical standard, and artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds find a recording home in Nashville.
9/8 pm Grantchester on Masterpiece Season 8, Episode Five Geordie is placed on desk duty as Elliot contrives to force him to resign. The next murder case is handed to Larry, who struggles but wisely enlists the help of Miss Scott.
7 MONDAY
8/7 pm Fancy Farm 2023 Highlights
Highlights from the 2023 Fancy Farm picnic in Graves County, Kentucky.
9/8 pm The Great American Recipe Season 2, Episode Eight Gather one last time with the final three home cooks as they get ready for the grand finale feast.
10/9 pm The Twinning Reaction
Filmmaker Lori Shinseki lays bare the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard study, a research experiment in which identical twins and triplets were split up in infancy, sent to different adoptive families, and then subsequently studied in secret.
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8/7 pm Finding Your Roots On Broadway
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the
family histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin.
9/8 pm American Experience Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind Monopoly, America’s favorite board game.
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8/7 pm Nature The Bat Man of Mexico An ecologist tracks the lesser long-nosed bat’s epic migration across Mexico, braving hurricanes, snakes, Mayan tombs and seas of cockroaches to save the species and the tequila plants they pollinate.
9/8 pm Human Footprint The Ground
Below Shane explores the history and science of cotton.
10/9 pm The Search for the Ocean’s Super Predator An epic underwater shark attack leads investigators on a search for the ocean’s most fearsome predator.
10 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour Two Items include an Ohio saltglazed figural stoneware match stand, an 1863 Civil War grave marker group and a 1964 Manoucher Yektai oil painting.
9/8 pm Doc Martin Accidental Hero Penhale decides to have a police open house to raise community awareness, but the turnout is not what he hoped.
10/9 pm Father Brown The Red Death Father Brown must solve a vengeful murder at a New Year’s Eve masked ball held at Montague Hall.
11 FRIDAY
9/8 pm Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Culture Wars Experience the 1990s during the Clinton years and the unstoppable rise in popularity of hip hop, which becomes a force that is attacked by all sides of the political establishment.
9/8 pm Movie Classics The Big Country Retiring to the American West to marry his fiancee, Captain James McKay enters a land-and-water feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill and the rough and lawless Hannassey family, led by Rufus. Starring Gregory Peck, Charles Bickford and Burl Ives (1958).
12 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Johnny Cash: Man in Black - Live in Denmark 1971 Join the “Man in Black,” along with June Carter Cash, Maybelle Carter, Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers for this concert.
9/8 pm Joanne Shaw Taylor Live #1
Billboard Blues Artist Joanne Shaw Taylor performs at the Franklin Theatre with special guest legendary guitarist Joe Bonamassa.
9:30/8:30 pm ‘70’s Soul Superstars (My Music) Join Patti LaBelle for an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s Motown, R&B and soul, including the Commodores, the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, the Trammps and the Emotions.
10:30/9:30 pm Lynyrd Skynyrd: Celebrating 50 Years, Recorded Live at the Ryman Join the definitive Southern rock band for a 2022 concert from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Broadway's Brightest Lights (7:30 pm) All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Three
John Sebastian's Folk Rewind (My Music Presents) (7 pm)
Ken Burns: Country Music
The Video Vault: The Steel Claw and the Colgate Comedy Hour
John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High
Eat To Sleep (6:30 pm) Ireland Made with Love
British Beat (My Music)
Billy Strings at the Ryman Auditorium
Great Conversations: Siddhartha Mukherjee and David T. Scadden Bluegrass and Backroads
Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide
60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents)
John Hall: The Kentucky Commodore Kentucky Muse: Master of Still Life: Mary Ann Currier Kentucky Edition
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Uncovering America
The Seven Ages of Elvis (7 pm)
Elvis Presley: ‘68 Comeback Special
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: A Life on Stage
A History of Kentucky in 25 Objects Henry Clay and the Struggle for the Union Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Time Capsule
BBC News
Connections: Dr. Erin Frazier Conversations with Champions: Chris Briggs - Georgetown College NAIA Championship
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - The Hits, The History & Dirt Does Dylan
Connections: Gretchen Hunt
I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston Roy Orbison & Friends—Black and White Night
60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents)
In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: From Bluegrass to Blues—Roots of Kentucky Music A History of Kentucky in 25 Objects
Kenny Rogers Live in Concert
I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
Kentucky Afield Kentucky Life Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen
Mavis Staples at Symphony Center, Chicago
Kentucky Edition
This Land Is Your Land (My Music Presents)
Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan
Lanham Brothers Jamboree
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week ‘70’s Soul Superstars (My Music)
Roy Orbison & Friends (7 pm) Slavery by Another Name
Kentucky Edition
Connections: Kishonna Gray
Kentucky WWII Veterans: In Their Own Words
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Johnny Cash: Man In Black - Live
Jubilee: Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out/ Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
Connections: Oral Health Care In KY
Appalshop@40: Classics from the Collection: Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category
BBC News
Distinguished Kentuckian: Rufus B. Atwood WoodSongs Kids Run That by Me Again Kentucky Edition
60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents)
Viewer’s Choice
Lanham Brothers Jamboree Kentucky Music: Karly Dawn Higgins
WoodSongs: Bill and the Belles and Jack Klatt
Viewer’s Choice
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
Connections: Jessie Laine Powell
WoodSongs: Bill and the Belles and Jack Klatt
Map Dot Kentucky Music Anywhere
Jubilee: Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out/Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules
Ultimate Retirement
13 SUNDAY
9/8 pm All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Three Go behind the scenes of the charming Masterpiece series with the cast and creators. Learn how every detail is researched for authentic period sets and costumes. The program also includes stories about the joys - and challenges - of working with animals.
10:30/9:30 pm British Beat (My Music)
Legendary songstress Petula Clark hosts archival and live performances of British Invasion hits from the 1960s, including Peter & Gordon, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Zombies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone and many more.
10:30/9:30 pm Billy Strings at the Ryman Auditorium Join the Grammy-winning guitarist and his band for a concert honoring the birthplace of Bluegrass.
14 MONDAY
8/7 pm John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High Celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Rocky Mountain High” with a John Denver concert filmed in 1974 at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater.
9:30/8:30 pm Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Suze Orman answers questions and offers advice for anyone trying to achieve their “ultimate retirement.”
15 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned, respected, and popular historian, author and filmmaker.
9:30/8:30 pm Elvis Presley: ‘68 Comeback Special Watch one of the greatest moments in rock and roll history as Elvis performs some of his best-known songs in this, his first television special.
10:30/9:30 pm Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- The Hits, The History & Dirt Does Dylan In September 2022, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, performing Bob Dylan songs that included “Forever Young” and their groundbreaking album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
16 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston Examine how Gospel music profoundly influenced Whitney Houston’s personal life and helped shape her career, from her first performance in front of an audience to her bestselling Gospel album of all time, “The Preacher’s Wife.” Hosted by CeCe Winans.
9:30/8:30 pm Roy Orbison & Friends—Black and White Night Roy Orbison and friendsincluding Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Soles, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Jennifer Warnes, J.D. Souther, and T-Bone Burnett - in concert.
10/9 pm Mavis Staples at Symphony Center, Chicago Join the legendary singer and civil rights icon for a one-night only, hometown performance of soul, gospel and her signature brand of R&B.
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8/7 pm Kenny Rogers Live in Concert
Celebrate the career of the worldwide music icon in a 1983 concert recorded at the peak of his popularity.
9:30/8:30 pm This Land Is Your Land (My Music Presents) Take a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music, from its roots in bluegrass to San Francisco coffee houses to clubs in Greenwich Village. The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host.
9:30/8:30 pm Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan Country legend Willie Nelson and his band perform iconic hits in this 1984 concert at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
18 FRIDAY
9/8 pm ‘70’s Soul Superstars (My Music)
Join Patti LaBelle for an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s Motown, R&B and soul, including the Commodores, the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, the Trammps and the Emotions.
10:30/9:30 pm Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris Sting’s 57th & 9th World Tour celebrated his first rock/pop album in over a decade.
19 SATURDAY
8/7 pm 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents) Legends of the 1960s unite in this concert, including Davy Jones of The Monkees, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Jefferson Starship, The Miracles, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, The Vogues, The Kingsmen, Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone and other greats.
Morse & The Last Endeavour: A Masterpiece Mystery! Special Viewer’s Choice
Viewer’s Choice
The Video Vault: Delightfully Dangerous and The Beverly Hillbillies
Kentucky Tonight
Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Baltimore
2021 Hour 2
On the Ohio with John Ed Pearce
Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony
Princess Diana: Who Do You Think She Was?
Great Conversations: Michio Kaku and James Canton Bluegrass and Backroads Kentucky Time Capsule
How Saba Kept Singing
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
10 Modern Marvels That Changed America Kentucky Edition History with David Rubenstein: Ian Toll
Kentucky Muse: Mountain Music Gatherin’ Kentucky Edition Connections: Scott Hesseltine Conversations with Champions: Jerry Eaves
Finding Your Roots: Against All Odds Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
Broadchurch: Season 3, Episode Six
Sojourn of the Strings
Our House – Season 1, Episode One
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Before We Die: Season 2, Episode 3 Kentucky Edition History Detectives
Ted Bassett: A Kentucky Gentleman Kentucky Edition Connections: Dr. Lynne Saddler Kentucky Tonight
Nature: Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas Nova: Killer Hurricanes East Kentucky Flood Butterfly Town, USA
What to Do When Someone Dies – Season 1, Episode One What to Do When Someone Dies – Season 1, Episode Two
What to Do When Someone Dies – Season 1, Episode Three
In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Diverse Cultures Sojourn of the Strings Kentucky Edition Connections
Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Baltimore
2021 Hour 2 Doc Martin: Blade on the Feather
This Old House: Newburyport Ask This Old House: Antique Pocket Door In the Footsteps of....: In Jane Austen’s Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
Kentucky Afield Kentucky Life Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen Lanham Brothers Jamboree
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala: 2023
Doc Martin: Blade on the Feather Movie Classics: Hoosiers
Distinguished Kentuckian: Eleanor Churchill WoodSongs Kids Run That by Me Again
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield Movie Classics: Hoosiers
Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances
Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala: 2023
Father Brown: Winds of Change
Battle Honours – Red Devils
Kentucky Edition
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition
The Good Road: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jubilee: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver/The Rambling Rooks
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition
The Caverns Sessions: Molly Tuttle
Connections: Jason Merrick Appalshop Classics from the Collection: Harriette Arnow/Ourselves and That Promise
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition
Comment on Kentucky
Kentucky Edition
Connections: Kimberly Johnson
WoodSongs: Made In Louisiana A Cajun Celebration Feat, Ann, Joel and Wilson Sacoy
Austin City Limits: The War on Drugs
Love, Inevitably: Season 1, Episode Eight
Clovehitch Shorts Music Anywhere
Jubilee: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver/The Rambling Rooks
Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules
Nova
Hurricanes
20 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Morse & The Last Endeavour: A Masterpiece Mystery! Special This documentary marks the end of the epic tale of Inspector Morse, the Oxford detective celebrated the world over, from his original TV series to the finale of Endeavour
21 MONDAY
9/8 pm Great Performances Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony at the Ravinia Festival.
10/9 pm How Saba Kept Singing Musician David “Saba” Wisnia, a survivor of Auschwitz, returns to explore his past and unlocks a secret.
10/9 pm 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America Take a whirlwind tour of engineering feats that made our civilization possible. See how engineers connected our nation with bridges, rail networks and a continent-wide freeway system, and delivered water from distant rivers to our kitchen sinks.
22 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Finding Your Roots Against All Odds Media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg discover ancestors who were determined to survive.
9/8 pm Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six people who lived and worked during the Blitz, focusing on their resilience and the role of frontline workers and volunteers.
23 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Nature Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas Explore the unspoiled beauty and wildlife of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend, a protected borderland between the United States and Mexico.
9/8 pm Nova Killer Hurricanes Experts investigate the Great Hurricane of 1780 that killed more people than any other Caribbean hurricane. Discover what made the storm so deadly and whether megastorms are more likely to strike in our rapidly changing climate.
10/9 pm East Kentucky Flood This film, created by the Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, chronicles many of the stories that emerged from the catastrophic flooding in Eastern Kentucky in 2022.
24 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Vintage Baltimore 2021 Hour 2 Appraisals include a Johnny Unitas Baltimore Colts championship jacket, a B. J. O. Nordfeldt two-sided oil and a Klondike Gold Rush archive.
9/8 pm Doc Martin Blade on the Feather Penhale and Morwenna participate in the annual gig race against another town.
10/9 pm Father Brown Winds of Change Father Brown discovers that a murderer is using Kembleford’s new model village to plan their attacks.
25 FRIDAY
9/8 pm Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala 2023
This KET production showcases students from the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre who perform selections from Carmen, La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Aida and more at the historic Opera House in Lexington under the guidance of Dr. Everett McCorvey, director and executive producer of the UK Opera Theater, accompanied by the UK Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Nardolillo.
26 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life Explore the life and works of renowned Kentucky author and activist bell hooks, who championed the experiences of Black and working-class women that she argued were ignored by mainstream feminism; The Lexington Writer’s Room offers local, active writers affordable and collaborative workspaces; when the tornados went through Western Kentucky in 2021, WKDZ and its sister radio station in Princeton went to great efforts to stay on the air; the Butterfly Greenhouse at Wilson Nurseries & Plant Co. educates Kentuckians about the importance of native pollinators by providing an up-close experience.
9/8 pm Movie Classics Hoosiers Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to direct the basketball program at a high school in a tiny Indiana town. Starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey (1986).
11/10 pm Austin City Limits The War on Drugs The War on Drugs performs.
28 MON 29
Little Women on Masterpiece: Part One Little Women on Masterpiece: Part Two Little Women on Masterpiece: Part Three Before We Die: Season 2, Episode 3
Country Music: Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983)
The Video Vault: A Star Is Born
Early Literacy: A KET Forum Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: It Wasnt Like A Movie Anymore
Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson 2021
Hour 1 Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala: 2023
30
Rosanne Cash at MacDowell Love and Respect with Killer Mike The Chavis Chronicles
Great Conversations: Erik Larson and Robert Siegel Bluegrass and Backroads Kentucky Time Capsule
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night? BBC News Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition History with David Rubenstein
Lines of Sight Kentucky Muse: Murder, They Wrote Kentucky Edition Connections: U.S. Ag. Sec. Tom Vilsack Conversations with Champions: Vickie Foley
Finding Your Roots: War Stories Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: So Many Broken Hearts Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: The Dirty War BBC News Kentucky Edition
Broadchurch: Season 3, Episode Seven Our House – Season 1, Episode Two
Before We Die: Episode 4 Kentucky Edition History Detectives
Healing Childhood Trauma: A KET Special Report Great Leaders: Wilson Wyatt Story Kentucky Edition Connections: Terrence Walton Early Literacy: A KET Forum
The Otter: Return of a Legend Nova: Arctic Ghost Ship
31 THU 1 FRI 2 SAT
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: Who Wants to Live Like That
BBC News Kentucky Edition
Little Women on Masterpiece: Part One Little Women on Masterpiece: Part Two Little Women on Masterpiece: Part Three Kentucky Edition The Good Road: Hyderabad, India
Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala: 2023 (7 pm) Healing Childhood Trauma: A KET Special Report Kentucky Edition Connections: Dr. Leana Wen Jubilee: The Boxcars/The Skip Cherryholmes Quintet/The Chapmans
Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson 2021 Hour 1 Doc Martin: All My Trials
Father Brown: The Company of Men BBC News
This Old House: Newburyport Ask This Old House: Baby Proofing In the Footsteps of....: In the Bronte Sister’s Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth Battle Honours – Desert Rats
Kentucky Afield Kentucky Life Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen Lanham Brothers Jamboree
Kentucky Edition
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Doc Martin – All My Trials Movie Classics: Stanley and Iris
Distinguished Kentuckian: Thomas D. Clark
WoodSongs Kids: The Spencer Boys Run That by Me Again
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield Movie Classics: The Apartment
Kentucky Edition
Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances As
Lanham Brothers Jamboree Kentucky Music: Adkins and O’Quinn WoodSongs: Gareth Pearson
Connections: Gary Tuggle
One Voice
Connections: Dominique Wilkins
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition The Caverns Sessions: Cha Wa
Appalshop@40: Classics from the Collection: Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers/John Jacob
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition
Comment on Kentucky
WoodSongs: Gareth Pearson and Never Come Down
Austin City Limits
Smoketown: A Tradition To Treasure Music Anywhere Jubilee
Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland – It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore The Otter: Return of a Legend
27 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Little Women on Masterpiece Part One With their father away at war, sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March come to terms with their new life, alongside their mother, Marmee.
8/7 pm Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983) Witness a vibrant era in country music, with Dolly Parton finding mainstream success; Hank Williams, Jr. and Rosanne Cash emerging from their famous fathers’ shadows; and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings launching the “Outlaw” movement.
9/8 pm Little Women on Masterpiece Part Two The March family fears the worst when Mr. March falls ill. As circumstances change for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, the family must come together to face their most difficult challenge yet.
28 MONDAY
8/7 pm Early Literacy: A KET Forum After a steady decline in reading levels over the last decade, more than half of Kentucky students are not proficient readers. Now Kentucky is joining dozens of other states to implement new curriculum to teach ‘science-based reading.’ In KET’s forum on early childhood literacy, a panel of educators and experts discuss the new approach, how it is being implemented and the impact of the results.
9/8 pm Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore
In 1968 tensions between Catholic and Protestant communities explode after decades of relative peace. Hopes of equality are lost as a civil rights movement is suppressed. The British Army is deployed and Northern Ireland descends into conflict.
29 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Finding Your Roots War Stories Actor Julianne Moore, comedian Bill Hader, and painter Kehinde Wiley’s ancestors’ military service left an indelible mark on their families and country.
9/8 pm Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland So Many Broken Hearts Learn about the harrowing impact of the IRA hunger strike through three women’s stories: an IRA prisoner’s wife, a police officer’s wife and a hunger striker’s daughter.
10/9 pm Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland The Dirty War Discover how tensions rise as police and the army infiltrate paramilitary organizations to gain intelligence in the late 1980s. No one can be trusted as fear and suspicion seep into all parts of daily life.
30 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm The Otter: Return of a Legend In the heart of a city in the northern Netherlands, a once-extinct Eurasian otter makes an unlikely appearance.
9/8 pm Nova Arctic Ghost Ship Unravel the greatest mystery in Arctic exploration: 160 years ago, the Franklin Expedition to chart the Northwest Passage vanished. Now, a Canadian team discovers one of Franklin’s lost ships - a vital clue to the fate of the ill-starred expedition.
10/9 pm Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland Who Wants to Live Like That Explore how peace is finally achieved in 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement. But at what cost?
31 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Vintage Tucson 2021 Hour 1 Tucson treasures include Picasso Madoura pottery, an early 20th C. Cartier necklace & brooch and an 1861 Charles Dickens letter.
9/8 pm Doc Martin All My Trials In the season 8 finale, Martin stops practicing the week before his hearing, but patients continue to solicit his advice. Sigourney Weaver guest stars.
10/9 pm Father Brown The Company of Men Lady Felicia’s impromptu visit coincides with Father Brown helping out a friend at an exclusive gentlemen’s club.
1 FRIDAY
9/8 pm Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell receives the 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at an all-star tribute in Washington, D.C.
2 SATURDAY
9/8 pm Movie Classics The Apartment Insurance worker C.C. Baxter lends his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. When his manager begins using Baxter's apartment in exchange for promoting him, Baxter is disappointed to learn that Sheldrake's mistress is the elevator girl at work whom Baxter is interested in himself. Starring Jack Lemmon, Fred MacMurray and Shirley MacLaine (1960).
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Wai Lana Yoga (7,21,28)/ S Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White (14)
YNDI Yoga (1,8,22,29)/ S Easy Yoga for Diabetes with Peggy Cappy (15)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr (2,9,23,30)/ S Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White (16)
Wai Lana Yoga (3,10,24,31)/ E S asy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy (17)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr (4,11,25)/ S Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy (18) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:30/3:30 Kentucky Afield (27)
5:00/4:00 This Old House (6,27)
5:30/4:30 Ask This Old House (6,27)
Last of the Summer Wine (6)/ S Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: A Life On Stage (13)/ Last of the Summer Wine (27)
Keeping Up Appearances (6,27)
Curse of the Spencers (6)/ Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Tevis: A Writer's Gambit (28)
Weekend in Havana (7)/
Taste the Florida Keys with Chef Michelle Bernstein (14)/
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (21)/ 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America (28)
Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli (1)/ Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race (8)/ American Experience (15)/ Great Muslim American Road Trip (22)/ Early Literacy: A KET Forum (29)
Finding Your Roots (1,8,15)/ America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (22)/ Right to Read (29)
The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia (29)
Help! We Bought a Village (2,9)/ Search for the Ocean's Super Predator (16)/ Great Muslim Road Trip (23)/ Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala (30)
Secrets of Underground London (2)/ Curse of the Spencers (9)/ Journeys Through the Finger Lakes (16)/ America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (23)
Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice (3)/ Fossil Country (10)/ Secrets of the Dead (17)/ East Kentucky Flood (24)/ American Experience (31)
Human Footprint (4,11)/ To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World (18)/ Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (25)
America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated (26)
Butterfly Town, USA (24) S John Denver's Rocky Mountain High (12)/ Cook's Country (26)
Nova (3,10,17,31)/ America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (24)
Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries (4)/ Nature (11)/ America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (18,25) Antiques Roadshow (5,26)
9:00/8:00 J Schwanke's Life in Bloom (6,27) The Best of The Joy of Painting The Best of Sewing with Nancy It's Sew Easy
9:30/8:30 MN Original (6,27)
10:00/9:00 Real Road Adventures (6,27)/ S Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD (13)
10:30/9:30
11:00/10:00
Joseph Resendo's Travelscope (6,27)
Rick Steves' Europe (6,27)
11:30/10:30 Growing a Greener World (6,27)
12:00/11:00 Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen (6,27)/ S Elvis Presley: '68 Comeback Special (13)
Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer (7,21,28)/ S Ireland Made With Love (14)
Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi (7,21,28)
Quilting Arts (3,10,24,31)/ S Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson (17) Fresh Quilting (4,11,25)/ S Suze Orman's Ultimate Retirement Guide (18) Paint This with Jerry Yarnell (5,26)
Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting Fit 2 Stitch Creative Living (3,10,24,31) Knit and Crochet Now (4,11,25)
Painting with Wilson Bickford (5,26)
Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope Kentucky Life Fly Brother with Ernest White II (3,10)/ Wine First (24,31) Epic Trails (4,11,25) Weekends with Yankee (5,26)/ S Seven Ages of Elvis (12)
Samantha Brown's Places to Love (7,21,28) In the Americas with David Yetman Rick Steves' Europe Weekends with Yankee Outside: Beyond the Lens (4,11,25) Travels with Darley (5,26)
Facing Waves Travels with Darley Journeys in Japan Travel Detective Tennessee Wild Side Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi (5,26)
Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South Garden Smart Ecosense for Living Growing a Greener World America's Heartland Garden Smart (5,26)
Lidia's Kitchen Sara's Weeknight Meals (1,8,22,29)/
6:00/5:00 Connections (6,27) America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated A Chef's Life (17,24,31)
6:30/5:30 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe (6,27)
7:00/6:00 Nova (6,27)/ S John Sebastian's Folk Rewind (My Music Presents) (13)
7:30/6:30
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television (7,21,28)/ S Eat to Sleep (14)
Inside Louisville (7,21,28)
Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan (7,21,28)
Steven Raichlen's Planet Barbecue Cook's Country
Father Brown (1,8,22,29)/ S Seven Ages of Elvis (15)
No Passport Required (2,9,23)/ S Morse & The Last Endeavour: A Masterpiece Mystery! (16)/ Early Literacy: A KET Forum (30)
Ciao Italia (4,11,25)/ S Henry Louis Gates, Jr - Uncovering America (18)
Lidia's Kitchen (4,11,25)
Pati's Mexican Table (3,10,24,31)/ S Ancient Remedies with Dr. Josh Axe (17)
Start Up (3,10,24,31)
The Red Green Show (3,10,24,31)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan (4,11,25)
Finding Your Roots (4,11,25)/ S Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night (18)
Good Road (5,26)/ S Ancient Remedies with Dr. Josh Axe (12)/ Viewer's Choice (19)
Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries (5)/ Nature (26)
Classic Gospel (5,26)/ S Suze Orman's Ultimate Retirement Guide (12)
‘Understanding Autism: A KET Forum’
KET recently explored the complicated spectrum of autism and ways people with autism learn and interact with the world around them. Hosted by Kelsey Starks, the forum featured discussions with experts as well as video stories and interviews with those who live with autism. The program is available for streaming, and includes links to additional resources for parents, at KET.org/Autism.
Enjoy convenient UK football parking
Become a member of the KET Fund for Excellence and take advantage of premiere parking adjacent to Kroger Field for all UK home football games! This benefit is available with your donation to KET of $1,200 or more. Pass-holders are also invited to the annual Fund for Excellence tailgate party on Sept. 30 before the Kentucky vs. Florida game.
Make your donation today at KET.org/football.
For more information, call (859) 258-7206.
‘Kentucky Edition’ features stories from Eastern and Western Kentucky
Kentucky Edition recently visited Eastern Kentucky, where KET’s public affairs team spotlighted an assortment of stories from the region, including an interview with former Kentucky governor Paul Patton as well as dispatches from Pikeville and several other Appalachian communities. In August, Kentucky Edition will hit the road again, traveling to Western Kentucky to feature a variety of stories from Paducah and other communities in the region. To watch, visit KET.org/KentuckyEdition.
Educators participate in KET’s Summer Professional Development Day
Hundreds of educators across Kentucky recently took part in KET’s Summer Professional Development Day, which feature training and workshop sessions for teachers on a variety of classroom topics, including social and emotional learning, podcasting and the use of artificial intelligence to enhance lesson plans.
Friends of KET elects new officers
The Friends of KET, a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting KET in local communities, recently elected new leadership. A. Dale Josey of Louisville was elected president. Other officers include President-Elect Elizabeth Griffith Mudd, Benton; Secretary: Kelly Green, Frankfort; Vice Presidents: Ben Talley, Hopkinsville; Carla Jaenicke, Ashland; and Nominating Committee Chair: Carol Beirne, Ft. Mitchell.
Remembering Mary Butler, longtime Friends of KET volunteer
KET fondly remembers Mary Butler of Lexington who passed away in June. In addition to serving on the Friends of KET, Butler also served on the Commonwealth Fund Board and was an elementary school teacher for 25 years.
KET educational resources help prepare children for return to school
With the new school year drawing near, KET offers a wealth of educational resources to help parents and caregivers prepare young learners for the return to the classroom.
Educational resources and activities are available for all age groups and include everything from a digital Summer Activity Book, which aims to spark a child’s curiosity about the world around them, to Let’s Learn Kentucky, a KET curated collection of resources designed to help new parents navigate the first formative years in a child’s development. For more information, visit KET.org/Families for young learners and KET.org/Collections for learners of all ages.
We appreciate our corporate partners and their support this year through program underwriting. Please say ‘Thank you for supporting KET’ when you visit any of these businesses:
Alltech, Inc.
Best Western Hotels & Resorts of Kentucky
Brown-Forman
Carolyn Tassie Memorial Fund
Central Bank
Central Bank Center
CHI Saint Joseph Health
Clay-Ingels Co., Inc.
Community Action Council
Eastern Kentucky University
Farm Credit Mid-America
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts
Highlands Latin School
Jewish Federation of Louisville
Kentucky Artisan Center
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
Kentucky Author’s Forum
Kentucky Blood Center
Kentucky CancerLink
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
Kentucky Center For Mathematics
Kentucky Community Technical College System
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Kentucky Education Association
Kentucky Education Savings Plan Trust
Kentucky Farm Bureau
Kentucky Governor’s Office of Early Childhood
Kentucky League of Cities
Kentucky Lottery
Kentucky Medical Association
Kentucky Nurses Association
Kentucky Opera
Kentucky Propane Education and Research Council
Kentucky Proud
KHEAA/KHESLC
Kosair for Kids
Lane Communications
Leadership Kentucky
LG&E and KU
LifeWorks at WKU
Live Nation/Louisville Palace
Louisville Urban League
Louisville Zoo
Mental Health America of KY
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Owensboro Health
Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau
PNC
Sew A Lot
The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU
Toyota Kentucky
UK HealthCare
Wiebold Studios
UK
Opera Theatre perform classic opera songs, accompanied by UK Symphony Orchestra
Join the UK Opera Theatre for this musical performance showcasing popular tunes and classic repertory from the operatic stage, featuring the young artists of the nationally recognized University of Kentucky Opera Theatre under the guidance of internationally known impresario conductor Dr. Everett McCorvey. This KET production features current students and alumni of the program performing selections from Carmen, La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Aida and more at the historic Opera House in Lexington, accompanied by the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and conducted by John Nardolillo.
Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala
KET Friday, August 25 • 9/8 pm
KET2 Monday, August 28 • 9/8 pm
Join KET and UK Opera Theatre for a premiere screening of Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala on Monday, Aug. 21, from 7-9:30 pm at The Kentucky Theatre in Lexington. The event is free, and registration is required. Visit KET.org/Events.
KET Forum discusses Kentucky’s new approach to teaching children how to read
Kentucky is changing how students learn to read. After a steady decline in reading levels over the last decade, more than half of Kentucky students are not proficient readers. Now Kentucky is joining dozens of other states to implement new curriculum to teach sciencebased reading. In this KET Forum on early childhood literacy, host Kelsey Starks is joined by a panel of educators and policymakers to discuss the new approach to reading, addressing how it will be implemented and what teachers and students can expect when the school year begins.
Early Literacy: A KET Forum
KET Monday, August 28 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Wednesday, August 30 • 7/6 pm
‘Kentucky Afield’ special answers wildlife questions
Join host Chad Miles and a panel of wildlife experts as they answer viewers’ questions about non-game wildlife species in Kentucky. To submit questions, visit Kentucky Afield’s Facebook page.
Kentucky Afield: Kentucky Wild Q & A Show
KET Saturday, August 5 • 8:30/7:30 pm
KET2 Thursday, August 10 • 4:30/3:30 pm
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Meet Mr. Steve and Mister C at Super Saturday event
Mark your calendars for KET’s Super Saturday event in Lexington this August. This annual outdoor extravaganza offers a chance to enjoy the music of Mr. Steve and the mind-bending experiments of Mister C from PBSLearningMedia’s DIY Science Time The event also features an assortment of fun and educational activity booths as well as refreshments and food trucks The event is free, and registration is required. Please visit KET.org/SuperSaturday.
Super Saturday
KET Network Center • Lexington
Saturday, Aug. 26
9 am - 2 pm
Celebrate community helpers at Be My Neighbor Day in Louisville
Building on the values presented in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, this annual family event at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park in Louisville introduces children to community helpers while also teaching them the importance of giving back. The event features a meet-andgreet with Daniel Tiger as well as activity booths where children can learn about local community helpers, such as police, firefighters, librarians and more. Special thanks to our sponsorship partners: PNC Bank and Fred Rogers Productions. The event is free, and registration is required. For more information, please visit KET.org/Neighbor.
Be My Neighbor Day
E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park • Louisville
Sunday, Sept. 24
12 - 4 pm
THANK YOU!
KET’s pep rally for pomp and possibility was a record success. Nearly a thousand coeds/party-goers helped KET, the state’s largest classroom, make the grade at this year’s Summer Celebration fundraising event.
VALEDICTORIAN (Hostess)
Mira Ball
HOMECOMING KING & QUEEN (Honorary Chairs)
President Eli & Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto
MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED SPONSORS
Summa Cum Laude
Harp Enterprises
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Alliance Coal
Alltech
Baird
Beam Suntory
Brown Biggins Group at Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management
Columbia Gas of Kentucky
Cornett
Hardscuffle
LGE and KU
Turner Construction
UK Athletics
UK Healthcare
UK Office of Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement
SPECIAL DISTINCTION
Central Bank
Four Roses Distillery
University of Kentucky
UK Federal Credit Union
HONOR ROLL
Ball Homes
Bank of the Bluegrass Wealth Management
Al & Patti Cross
David and Jennifer Cross
Dean Dorton
Dentons Bingham Greenbaum
Donna Hall
Harrod Concrete and Stone Co.
Kentucky American Water
Kentucky Blood Center
Kentucky League of Cities
KV Oil and Gas
McBrayer
Messer
Midway University
Stites and Harbison
Toyota Kentucky
UBS / David Demarest
US Bank
Valvoline
HONORARY DEGREES
Berea College
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Midway University
Morehead State University
Murray State University
Transylvania University
University of Kentucky
DEAN’S LIST
Alzheimer’s Association
American Trust
Anthem BCBS
Assured Partners
Becky Jordan State Farm
Berea College
Blue & Co LLC
Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Cecil’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Katherine Chase
CHI Saint Joseph Health
City National Bank
Clean Gas Partners LLC
Community Trust Bank
Duo Broadband
Field and Main Bank
Fifth Third Bank
Virginia Fox
Gess Mattingly & Atchison
Kelly Green
Keeneland
KEMI
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
The Lane Report
McCarthy Strategic Solutions
MCM CPA’s & Advisors
Owensboro Health
PNC Bank
Rainey Construction
Republic Bank
Jeremy & Julie Smith
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Stephanie Stumbo & Andrew Dorton
Lora Suttles
Transylvania University
University of Kentucky
Ike Van Meter Family
Sandra Welch
WesBanco Bank
WKYT-TV
WLEX-TV
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PEP SQUAD
(Planning Committee)
Kelley Bozeman
Patty Breeze
Christy Brown
Victoria Carling
Judy Cooper
Mike Cooper
Leslie Flynn
Kelli Hardeman
Liz Harris
Michelle Huang
Alicia Jordan
Mike Keough
Whitney Keough
Marcie Kinney
Catherine Nunn Lawless
Dana Mayborg
Anne-Tyler Morgan
Cathy Pennington
Kaelyn Query
Lisa Rehmel
Hunter Sherwood
Melanie Simpson-Conley
Catrina South
Cathy Taylor
Abby Vaughn
IN-KIND DONORS
Barney Miller’s
Beam Suntory
BORN
Claiborne Farm
Commonwealth Safety Consultants
DaRae & Friends Catering
Donamire Farm
Fayette County Public Schools
Friends of the Lexington Public Library
Harp Enterprises
Lafayette High School
Liquor Barn
Myers Printing
Pemberton’s Greenhouse
R.E. Cook Electric
TOPS Marketing
University of Kentucky Bands
Wildcat Moving
STRAIGHT A’S AUCTION
CONTRIBUTORS
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A Cup of Commonwealth
About Face Organic Skincare Studio
Akridge Farm Supply – Ace Hardware
Angel’s Envy
Cole Arimes
Aronoff Center for the Arts
Athleta
Azur
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Anubha Bansal & Dr. Arvind Bansal
Barbasol Championship
Beam Suntory
Beautiful You Medical Spa
Bella Rose Boutique
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BelleVie MedSpa
Birdies & Bows
Biscuit Belly
Blue Marble Books
Bluegrass Baking Co.
Board and You
Body Structure
Patty & David Breeze
Broadbent’s B&B Foods
Bypass Rental Center & Hardware
Carl Meyer’s
Carson’s Food and Drink
Casey Jones Distillery
Cave Run Sailing Association
Cheesecake Factory
Chevy Chase Hardware
Chuy’s
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Coffee Times
Columbia Steakhouse
Common Grounds
Commonwealth Polo Club
Connemara Golf Course
Country Boy Brewing
Cyclebar
CycleYOU
Dad’s Favorites
DaRae & Friends Catering
Bill Daugherty
Martha Deener
Lisa & Tim Dixon
Dudley’s on Short
Duke Energy
El Asadero
Elite Island Resorts
Embassy Suites Lexington Green
Bill Embry & Donna Stephens Furs & Fashions
Explorium of Lexington
Eye of the Needle
Farmer’s Jewelry
Ferrick Mason
Four Roses Distillery
Foxhollow Farm
Frazier History Museum
French Lick Resort
Friends of KET
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Galt House
Gatlinburg Inn
Greer Portrait Studio
Liz Harris
Harrod Concrete and Stone
High on Art & Coffee
Hilton Downtown Lexington
Historic Diamond Caverns
Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari
Holifield Photography
Hollywood Feed
Hookfire
Michael Huang
Chris Hutchison
J&H Outdoors
J. Render’s
JMI Sports Marketing
Keeneland
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Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Horse Park
Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Performing Arts
Kentucky Railway Museum
KMAC Museum
Lee’s Ford Resort Marina
Lexington Children’s Theatre
Lexington Healing Arts Academy
Lexington Philharmonic
Lexington School
Lexington Tennis Club
Lexington Theatre Company
Lexmark
Little Classics on Clay
Louisville Bats
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Louisville Food Tours
Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Public Media
Louisville Racing
Louisville Zoo
Maker’s Mark
Martine’s Pastries
Master Musician’s Festival
Everett McCorvey
Michler’s
Shannon Mundy
New Riff Distilling
Newsom’s Country Hams
Nick Nicholson
North Lime Coffee and Donuts
Norton Center for the Arts
Harper Oglesby
Pasta Garage
Kim Patton
Peggy’s Gifts and Accessories
Peppermint Palm
Pilgrimage Music Festival
Price Maples Sr. Art and Framing
Primate Rescue Center
Ramsey’s Diner
Rebecca Ruth Candy
Red Lodge Mountain
Red Mile Gaming & Racing
Red Oak Design
Revive Sauna Studio
Michele Ripley & Barry Stumbo
Run Wild African Safaris
Runnymede Farm
Ruth Hunt Candy
Safai Coffee Shop
Salato Wildlife Education Center
Santangelo Group
Brad Scott
Secretariat Center
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Skinner Wellness Center
Melanie Simpson-Conley
Snug Hollow B&B
Solidcore
Speed Art Museum
Spendthrift Farm
The Club at UK’s Spindletop Hall
Stuarto’s Olive Oil
Taft Museum of Art
Talon Winery
Tandem Hospitality Group
Taylor Beach Designs
The Bright Spot
The Castle Jewelry
The Greenbrier
Thoroughbred Heritage Horse Farm
Tours
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Tony’s Steak and Seafood
Tracy Paige Jewelry
Tulip Bistro & Bar
UK Opera Theatre
Jorge Vasquez
Viking River Cruises
Vincenzo’s
West Sixth Brewery
Ron Wetzel
Derrick Whitaker
Wildcat Moving
Winstar Farm
Wisebird Cider Co.
Woodford Theatre
Woodhouse Day Spa
Barry Wooley
Worlds Apart
YMCA of Central Kentucky
YMCA of Greater Louisville
Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
Chair: G. Dan Griffith, retired, former CEO, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro • Vice Chair: David Couch, associate commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort •
Secretary : Robert M. Beck, attorney, Stites & Harbison, Lexington • Executive Committee at Large: Leah Adkins, director and officer, RJA Enterprises, Catlettsburg, and Karyn Hoover, retired, former elementary education teacher, Jamestown • Jay Mehta, senior accountant, PCF Insurance Services, Murray • Crystal Staley, communications director, Office of Governor Beshear, Lexington • Kevin W. Weaver, attorney, Sturgill, Turner, Barker and Moloney, Lexington • Jason E. Glass, Ed.D., Kentucky Commissioner of Education (ex officio)
KET Foundation Inc.
Members of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television • Barbra Ledford, Baxter (Friends of KET representative) • Shae Hopkins, KET Executive Director (Treasurer)
Friends of KET Executive Committee
President: A. Dale Josey, Louisville • President-Elect: Elizabeth Griffith
Mudd, Benton • Secretary: Kelly Green, Frankfort • Vice Presidents: Ben Talley, Hopkinsville; Carla Jaenicke, Ashland • Past President: Kelly Green, Frankfort • Nominating Chair: Carol Beirne, Ft. Mitchell
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Secretary : Kimberly D. Patton, president, Elevar Design Group, Hebron •
Treasurer: John S. Domaschko, president, MC Squared, Inc., Covington •
D.R. Ball, site acquisition manager, Ball Homes, Inc., Lexington • Mira S. Ball, co-founder, Ball Homes, Inc., Lexington • Robert M. Beck, attorney, Stites & Harbison, Lexington • Donna Moore Campbell, retired, former deputy executive director, KET, Lexington • Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, president, VYBG Consulting PLLC, Louisville • G. Dan Griffith, retired, former CEO, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro • Shae Hopkins, KET Executive Director • Alice Houston, owner, HJI Solutions, Louisville • William J. Jones, retired, U.S. Bank, Paducah • Michael Owsley, founding partner, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green • Hilma Prather, retired, school administrator, Somerset • Melanie Simpson-Conley, president, KV Oil, Inc., Lexington • William T. Young Jr., president, W.T. Young, Lexington
VISIONS/ Volume XLVI, Number 8
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