TV Schedules

Kentucky Muse

Tracks of Imagination

Meet the creative team at the Alexandria, Kentucky-based studio Applied Imagination, whose holiday and seasonal train displays meld botanical design and architecture, delighting crowds at botanical gardens across the United States. A 2012 KET Production.

bookclub@ket

Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South

Host Bill Goodman and a regular panel of readers discuss Steven Weisenburger's biography of Margaret Garner, a runaway slave mother who murdered her child rather than have her returned to servitude. The story was the real-life inspiration for Toni Morrison's "Beloved." A 2003 KET production.

Kentucky Collectibles

Transferware Platter; Gibson Guitars; Gorham Sterling Flatware; Early KY Road Sign

Experts appraise a 19th-century transferware platter, Melody Maker and Archtop Gibson guitars, Gorham sterling flatware, and an early Kentucky road sign. A 2018 KET Production.

Downstream

Waste Not, Want Not: Louisville Creeks, Forks, Beers and History

Our visit to Louisville features a unique story on what happens when liquids go down the drain. We paddle on the Beargrass Creek as well as the Floyd's Fork, along the way stopping to learn about Prohibition in Kentucky at the Frazier Museum and of course trying a beer or two at Against the Grain and Apocalypse Brew Works. A 2017 Production.

Kentucky Life

Armadillos in the Bluegrass, Iron Horse Capitol of Kentucky, Liberty Hall, Clack Mountain Clay

Learn why Kentucky is seeing an increase in armadillos; Lexington became a pivotal crossroads during westward expansion with the invention of the steam locomotive; Chip visits Liberty Hall in Frankfort, the historic home that belonged to U.S. Senator John Brown; Quinn Maher harvests clay from Clack Mountain in Rowan County and demonstrates his creative process. A 2026 KET production.

Distinguished Kentuckian

Morton Holbrook

Morton Holbrook, who began his practice in the Owensboro firm of U.S. Rep. Glover H. Cary and Judge Wilbur K. Miller, became one of Western Kentucky's foremost lawyers. He also worked tirelessly to improve higher education throughout the state. Veteran journalist Al Smith hosts. A 1989 KET production.

Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen

Pears, Pickles and Pies! Pickle Chicken, Pear Mincemeat & Fried Pear Pies

Tim and Nicki's pear tree is full! Time to pick some pears for a classic old-fashioned recipe, Canned Pear Mincemeat. Learn about the history of mincemeat as well as stuff some homemade dough for some Fried Pear Mincemeat Pies. For dinner, take some chicken thighs and marinate in pickle juice and spices then throw on the smoker for the crunchiest skin and most flavor-packed bite of chicken you will ever taste.

Kentucky Afield

Kentucky Collectibles

Transferware Platter; Gibson Guitars; Gorham Sterling Flatware; Early KY Road Sign

Experts appraise a 19th-century transferware platter, Melody Maker and Archtop Gibson guitars, Gorham sterling flatware, and an early Kentucky road sign. A 2018 KET Production.

WoodSongs Kids

Sullivan Sisters & Elle Townley

The Sullivan Sisters of Evanston, Illinois, winners of the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention; Elle Townley, 14, placed first in the Old Settler's Music Festival Youth Talent Competition.

"I remember the old home very well": The Lincolns in Kentucky

"I remember the old home very well": The Lincolns in Kentucky

The documentary chronicles the years Abraham Lincoln's family spent in Kentucky. The story follows Captain Abraham Lincoln (President Lincoln's grandfather) and his family's settlement in Kentucky in 1781, Captain Lincoln's tragic death in 1786, and the thirty-four years his son, Thomas, spent in the Commonwealth. A 2016 production.

Great Leaders: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson

A biography of Kentucky civil rights pioneer Lyman Johnson, told mostly in his own words.

Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection

Harriette Arnow/Ourselves and That Promise

In interviews filmed not long before her death, Harriette Simpson Arnow, author of the "The Dollmaker", describes the basic biographical details of her life and reveals the difficulties of being a writer, a wife, and a mother. And. three contemporary Kentuckians, James Still, Robert Penn Warren, and Billy Davis, discuss their work and its relationship to the environment in which they live. A 2011 Production.

Bywords

Barney Bright

Louisville metal sculptor, Barney Bright, talks about his work. A 1980 KET production.

Our Kids

Meet a student in the Cybersecurity pathway, learn about brain health and check out agriculture education. Hosted by Ballard High School correspondent Gabriel Shea. A 2026 production.

Kentucky Collectibles

Transferware Platter; Gibson Guitars; Gorham Sterling Flatware; Early KY Road Sign

Experts appraise a 19th-century transferware platter, Melody Maker and Archtop Gibson guitars, Gorham sterling flatware, and an early Kentucky road sign. A 2018 KET Production.

Kentucky Time Capsule

The Craziest Thing You Ever Saw

In the mid-1970s, Louisville searched for a way to bring life and excitement to its declining downtown. For some, the solution was a clock created by sculptor Barney Bright. A 2003 KET Production.

Kentucky Muse

Tracks of Imagination

Meet the creative team at the Alexandria, Kentucky-based studio Applied Imagination, whose holiday and seasonal train displays meld botanical design and architecture, delighting crowds at botanical gardens across the United States. A 2012 KET Production.

The Farmer & The Foodie

Beekeeping/Honey

Maggie and Lindsey step into the world of bees and learn about the honey harvesting process with apiarist Dr. Amanda Skidmore and beekeeper Tim Sheehan of My Harrodsburg Honey. In the kitchen, they create a menu featuring hot honey chicken and waffles, and a honey whole wheat flatbread topped with white sauce, bacon and asparagus.

Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen

Pears, Pickles and Pies! Pickle Chicken, Pear Mincemeat & Fried Pear Pies

Tim and Nicki's pear tree is full! Time to pick some pears for a classic old-fashioned recipe, Canned Pear Mincemeat. Learn about the history of mincemeat as well as stuff some homemade dough for some Fried Pear Mincemeat Pies. For dinner, take some chicken thighs and marinate in pickle juice and spices then throw on the smoker for the crunchiest skin and most flavor-packed bite of chicken you will ever taste.

Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America

Coal Bucket Outlaw/Applewise

Built around a day in the life of a Kentucky coal truck driver, "Coal Bucket Outlaw" provides a direct look at where our energy comes from as well as the human and environmental price we pay for our heavy dependence on fossil fuels. "Applewise" profiles the Mullins family, third-generation apple growers, and their struggle to maintain and manage one of only two remaining family-run apple orchards in Wise County, VA.

Run That by Me Again

Kentucky vs. Tennessee, 1954

Guests include Dick Rushing, William Wheeler, Howard Schnellenberger, Bill Arnsparger, and Clarence Underwood. A 1977 KET production.

Our Kids

Meet a student in the Cybersecurity pathway, learn about brain health and check out agriculture education. Hosted by Ballard High School correspondent Gabriel Shea. A 2026 production.

Bywords

Barney Bright

Louisville metal sculptor, Barney Bright, talks about his work. A 1980 KET production.

Louisville's Olmsted Parks

Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park in New York City and hundreds of parks nationwide, but you can find what's been called the defining park system of his career in Louisville. Composed of 18 parks and six parkways, Louisville's Olmsted Park system is not only pastoral and full of activities, it brims with historical links and footnotes. Jackie Hays, a veteran broadcaster in Louisville, narrates this special. A 2015 KET production.

Kentucky Life

The Brick at Red River Gorge; Turtle Farm Pottery; Louisville Miniature Club; The Void; Irene Dunne

Visit The Brick, an ice cream, coffee, and pottery shop located at Red River Gorge; meet the artists at Turtle Farm Pottery; enthusiasts have an obsession for the very small at Louisville Miniature Club; a sake brewer in Lexington is introducing the drink to Kentucky; Louisville-born actress Irene Dunne earned the nickname The First Lady of Hollywood. A 2022 KET Production.

Downstream

Waste Not, Want Not: Louisville Creeks, Forks, Beers and History

Our visit to Louisville features a unique story on what happens when liquids go down the drain. We paddle on the Beargrass Creek as well as the Floyd's Fork, along the way stopping to learn about Prohibition in Kentucky at the Frazier Museum and of course trying a beer or two at Against the Grain and Apocalypse Brew Works. A 2017 Production.

Conversations with Champions

Denny Crum

Billy talks with Denny Crum, former men's basketball coach at the University of Louisville from 1971 to 2001. A 2016 KET Production.

"I remember the old home very well": The Lincolns in Kentucky

"I remember the old home very well": The Lincolns in Kentucky

The documentary chronicles the years Abraham Lincoln's family spent in Kentucky. The story follows Captain Abraham Lincoln (President Lincoln's grandfather) and his family's settlement in Kentucky in 1781, Captain Lincoln's tragic death in 1786, and the thirty-four years his son, Thomas, spent in the Commonwealth. A 2016 production.

Great Leaders: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson

A biography of Kentucky civil rights pioneer Lyman Johnson, told mostly in his own words.

Kentucky Life

The Brick at Red River Gorge; Turtle Farm Pottery; Louisville Miniature Club; The Void; Irene Dunne

Visit The Brick, an ice cream, coffee, and pottery shop located at Red River Gorge; meet the artists at Turtle Farm Pottery; enthusiasts have an obsession for the very small at Louisville Miniature Club; a sake brewer in Lexington is introducing the drink to Kentucky; Louisville-born actress Irene Dunne earned the nickname The First Lady of Hollywood. A 2022 KET Production.

Kentucky Afield

Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen

Pears, Pickles and Pies! Pickle Chicken, Pear Mincemeat & Fried Pear Pies

Tim and Nicki's pear tree is full! Time to pick some pears for a classic old-fashioned recipe, Canned Pear Mincemeat. Learn about the history of mincemeat as well as stuff some homemade dough for some Fried Pear Mincemeat Pies. For dinner, take some chicken thighs and marinate in pickle juice and spices then throw on the smoker for the crunchiest skin and most flavor-packed bite of chicken you will ever taste.

Kentucky Collectibles

Transferware Platter; Gibson Guitars; Gorham Sterling Flatware; Early KY Road Sign

Experts appraise a 19th-century transferware platter, Melody Maker and Archtop Gibson guitars, Gorham sterling flatware, and an early Kentucky road sign. A 2018 KET Production.

Kentucky Edition

"I remember the old home very well": The Lincolns in Kentucky

"I remember the old home very well": The Lincolns in Kentucky

The documentary chronicles the years Abraham Lincoln's family spent in Kentucky. The story follows Captain Abraham Lincoln (President Lincoln's grandfather) and his family's settlement in Kentucky in 1781, Captain Lincoln's tragic death in 1786, and the thirty-four years his son, Thomas, spent in the Commonwealth. A 2016 production.

Kentucky Afield

Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America

Coal Bucket Outlaw/Applewise

Built around a day in the life of a Kentucky coal truck driver, "Coal Bucket Outlaw" provides a direct look at where our energy comes from as well as the human and environmental price we pay for our heavy dependence on fossil fuels. "Applewise" profiles the Mullins family, third-generation apple growers, and their struggle to maintain and manage one of only two remaining family-run apple orchards in Wise County, VA.