TV Schedules

Nurse-Midwives: Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis

With the help of the Community-based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program or CNEP, nurse-midwives and nurse-practitioners are making a difference in rural and underserved communities.

Bluegrass and Backroads

Visit the Lexington History Museum, Jennifer Zingg's art, Trooper Island Camp, and Bill Dohns Mint Farm. A 2011 Production.

Kentucky Time Capsule

Tell Me Where It Hurts

In the early 1970s, a group of Kentucky health officials visited rural areas and Louisville's inner city to investigate the quality and availability of health care and were shocked by the injustices they found. A 2003 KET Production.

Kentucky Collectibles

Pan-American Commemorative Quilt

Expert appraisers examine the history and value of a Pan-American commemorative quilt. A 2015 KET Production.

Run That by Me Again

Georgetown vs. Concord, 1965

Guests include Jan Anderson, Larry Treece, and Lester Craft. A 1977 KET production.

In Performance at the Governor's Mansion

The Poetry of Jazz/The Jazz of Poetry

Features music by the Mike Tracy Quartet, readings by Frank X Walker and two former Governor's School for the Arts students, and a performance by jazz singer Gayle King of Louisville. A 2000 KET production.

bookclub@ket

Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Fenton Johnson's personal exploration of questions of spirituality and the lives of monks in the Catholic and Buddhist traditions. A 2004 KET production.

Kentucky Time Capsule

Tell Me Where It Hurts

In the early 1970s, a group of Kentucky health officials visited rural areas and Louisville's inner city to investigate the quality and availability of health care and were shocked by the injustices they found. A 2003 KET Production.

Lanham Brothers Jamboree

Featuring Mackenzie Bell, Barry Lanham and The Footstompin Express Cloggers, The Bluegrass Brothers and Parker Malone. A 2026 production.

Bluegrass and Backroads

Visit the Lexington History Museum, Jennifer Zingg's art, Trooper Island Camp, and Bill Dohns Mint Farm. A 2011 Production.

Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin

John Howard Griffin is best known as the white man who in 1959 disguised himself as a Black man and then traveled anonymously through the heart of the South. From his experiences he wrote Black Like Me. This film focuses on Griffin's social activism and examines how a spiritual commitment led him from a segregated childhood in Fort Worth to fighting with the French Underground, sustained him during ten years of blindness incurred by war injuries, and inspired him during a prolific creative life as a writer/photographer. A Morgan Atkinson production.

Our Library

The documentary depicts the wonders of public libraries but also asks the hard questions facing libraries today - are they relevant; what are they doing about the digital divide; and how are libraries critical to restoring and preserving our most important values as a society? Viewers get an inside look at the public libraries of Louisville, Kentucky. A 2018 production.

Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America

Economy

"Fast Food Women" is a film about women who are part of the nation's working poor. "Blue Grass/Black Market?" shows the underground economy of marijuana cultivation.

Bywords

Bill Mardis

Bill Mardis, of the Commonwealth Journal, talks about his career in newspaper and radio. A 1984 KET production.

Inside Louisville

Louisville Orchestra's Creators Corp with Teddy Abrams

First launched in 2022, the Creators Corps program brings creators to immerse themselves in Louisville to create new music. Not since the days of Mozart and Bach was such a thing imagined. Now the Louisville Orchestra is a model for the rest of the country, and many of these creators have since chosen to call Louisville home. A 2025 KET production.

Bluegrass and Backroads

Visit the Lexington History Museum, Jennifer Zingg's art, Trooper Island Camp, and Bill Dohns Mint Farm. A 2011 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.

Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America

Economy

"Fast Food Women" is a film about women who are part of the nation's working poor. "Blue Grass/Black Market?" shows the underground economy of marijuana cultivation.

Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin

John Howard Griffin is best known as the white man who in 1959 disguised himself as a Black man and then traveled anonymously through the heart of the South. From his experiences he wrote Black Like Me. This film focuses on Griffin's social activism and examines how a spiritual commitment led him from a segregated childhood in Fort Worth to fighting with the French Underground, sustained him during ten years of blindness incurred by war injuries, and inspired him during a prolific creative life as a writer/photographer. A Morgan Atkinson production.

Kentucky Muse

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Kris Kristofferson, Billy Bob Thornton, critic Leonard Maltin are among those interviewed in this profile of Kentucky-born character actor Harry Dean Stanton. The documentary explores Stanton's early life in Kentucky, his love of music, and his extensive work in films, including his leading role in "Paris, Texas". A 2011 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.

Inside Louisville

Louisville Orchestra's Creators Corp with Teddy Abrams

First launched in 2022, the Creators Corps program brings creators to immerse themselves in Louisville to create new music. Not since the days of Mozart and Bach was such a thing imagined. Now the Louisville Orchestra is a model for the rest of the country, and many of these creators have since chosen to call Louisville home. A 2025 KET production.

Bywords

Bill Mardis

Bill Mardis, of the Commonwealth Journal, talks about his career in newspaper and radio. A 1984 KET production.

Victorian Mansions of Old Louisville

An architectural tour of Old Louisville, a neighborhood built on the site of the Southern Exposition in the late 1880s and now featuring the largest collection of Victorian houses in America. Homes highlighted include the Conrad-Caldwell House and the Ferguson Beaux Arts Mansion, headquarters of the Filson Historical Society. A production of Michael Breeding MEDIA.

Kentucky Life

Mother's Day Program

The mother-daughter team at HorseFeathers Gifts in Henderson design and create beautiful jewelry; towards the end of the Revolutionary War, the women of the fort at Bryan Station bravely gathered water for the besieged settlement, allowing the inhabitants to survive; and in Rowan County, the family-owned The Bakery on Main specializes in fresh baked goods, gelato, and hearty soups. A 2015 KET Production.

Kentucky Collectibles

Pan-American Commemorative Quilt

Expert appraisers examine the history and value of a Pan-American commemorative quilt. A 2015 KET Production.

Kentucky Muse

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Kris Kristofferson, Billy Bob Thornton, critic Leonard Maltin are among those interviewed in this profile of Kentucky-born character actor Harry Dean Stanton. The documentary explores Stanton's early life in Kentucky, his love of music, and his extensive work in films, including his leading role in "Paris, Texas". A 2011 KET production.

Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin

John Howard Griffin is best known as the white man who in 1959 disguised himself as a Black man and then traveled anonymously through the heart of the South. From his experiences he wrote Black Like Me. This film focuses on Griffin's social activism and examines how a spiritual commitment led him from a segregated childhood in Fort Worth to fighting with the French Underground, sustained him during ten years of blindness incurred by war injuries, and inspired him during a prolific creative life as a writer/photographer. A Morgan Atkinson production.

The Alice and Wade Houston Story

The documentary chronicles the lives and careers of Alice and Wade Houston, a philanthropically inclined couple from Louisville who grew up in segregated communities, became lifelong friends with Muhammad Ali, and found success in the arenas of both business and sports, including building one of the largest woman- and minority-owned supply-chain businesses in North America. Along the way they've supported local organizations and helped countless people. A 2023 KET production.

Kentucky Life

Mother's Day Program

The mother-daughter team at HorseFeathers Gifts in Henderson design and create beautiful jewelry; towards the end of the Revolutionary War, the women of the fort at Bryan Station bravely gathered water for the besieged settlement, allowing the inhabitants to survive; and in Rowan County, the family-owned The Bakery on Main specializes in fresh baked goods, gelato, and hearty soups. A 2015 KET Production.

bookclub@ket

Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Fenton Johnson's personal exploration of questions of spirituality and the lives of monks in the Catholic and Buddhist traditions. A 2004 KET production.

Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin

John Howard Griffin is best known as the white man who in 1959 disguised himself as a Black man and then traveled anonymously through the heart of the South. From his experiences he wrote Black Like Me. This film focuses on Griffin's social activism and examines how a spiritual commitment led him from a segregated childhood in Fort Worth to fighting with the French Underground, sustained him during ten years of blindness incurred by war injuries, and inspired him during a prolific creative life as a writer/photographer. A Morgan Atkinson production.

Kentucky Edition

Jubilee

Tab Benoit

Benoit, an iconic Louisiana guitarist and songwriter, delivers his signature swamp-blues-meets-Chicago-blues sound in a performance recorded at the 2010 W.C. Handy Blues &d Barbecue Festival in Henderson, Kentucky. A 2011 KET production.

Run That by Me Again

Georgetown vs. Concord, 1965

Guests include Jan Anderson, Larry Treece, and Lester Craft. A 1977 KET production.

Kentucky Muse

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Kris Kristofferson, Billy Bob Thornton, critic Leonard Maltin are among those interviewed in this profile of Kentucky-born character actor Harry Dean Stanton. The documentary explores Stanton's early life in Kentucky, his love of music, and his extensive work in films, including his leading role in "Paris, Texas". A 2011 KET production.