1 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life Kentucky Caviar, Louisville Nimble Thimbles, the Franklin 13 Horses Explore the presence of caviar in Kentucky through America’s Best Caviar in Paducah; Louisville Nimble Thimbles is a non-profit quilting guild that serves the Jefferson County area; and neglected horses in Franklin County are on the road to recovery.
8:30/7:30 pm Kentucky Afield Kentucky Wild Question & Answer Show Host Chad Miles and a panel of wildlife experts answer questions about nongame wildlife species in Kentucky.
11/10 pm Austin City Limits Finneas Groundbreaking singer, songwriter and producer Finneas takes center stage with songs from his LP, For Cryin’ Out Loud!
2 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Patience Season 2, Episode Eight: Hostage Patience and new detective Frankie Monroe learn to work as a team. Patience faces challenges in love and loss.
9/8 pm Grantchester on Masterpiece Season 11, Episode Eight In the aftermath of the CeCe’s siege, Geordie fights for his life while fugitive Dex Sutton is on the run. Alphy’s crisis of faith reaches its peak. Leonard and Daniel take a bold step toward family, and Grantchester must face questions of forgiveness, love and redemption.
10/9 pm Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Season 3 - Part One Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters - large and small - threaten. One is Cora’s freewheeling American mother, who tries to loosen up her in-laws.
bell hooks
3 MONDAY
8/7 pm Fancy Farm 2026 Highlights Highlights from the 2026 Fancy Farm picnic in Graves County, Kentucky.
9/8 pm The Last Battlefront: Quest for the Vote in Washington D.C. The documentary explores the two-century struggle of Washington, D.C. residents for voting rights and self-government.
4 TUESDAY
9/8 pm Once Upon a Time in Space Friends Forever Relationships aboard the ISS are tested when war breaks out on Earth.
10/9 pm Becoming bell hooks Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the feminist movement. The documentary features selections read by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Kentucky writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell’s younger sister Gwenda Motley and many others.
5 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Nature Big Little Journeys: Bloodlines In Madagascar, a match-stick sized chameleon goes on an epic journey to find a mate and lay eggs before it’s too late. A water vole in the Scottish Highlands swims a lake, climbs a waterfall and scales a mountain to find a place to raise her pups.
9/8 pm NOVA Return to the Moon Follow the Artemis II engineers
and crew on a perilous 10-day journey to orbit the Moon.
10/9 pm Scattered Denial: The Occupational Dangers of Radiation Explore the occupational hazards that doctors and their teams face from prolonged radiation exposure in operating rooms.
6 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Maryland Zoo Hour 2 Rare treasures at Maryland Zoo include 1973 Topps uncut card sheets, a ring collection and a 1967 Ram Kumar oil painting.
9/8 pm Gods of Tennis Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert In 1990, Martina Navratilova dominates Wimbledon, yet struggles to be as adored as her rival, Chris Evert. Explore their rivalry and Navratilova’s search for acceptance as she aspires to be the greatest player to ever grace Centre Court.
7 FRIDAY
9/8 pm American Experience Chasing the Moon: Part Three: Magnificent Desolation Experience the triumph of the first moon landing, witnessed by the largest TV audience in history. But dreams of space dramatically intersect with dreams of democracy, raising questions of national priorities and national identity.
8 SATURDAY
9/8 pm Reba McEntire Live from Madison Square Garden Join Reba McEntire for a special night of music from New York’s Madison Square Garden. The concert features
some of her biggest hits, including “Turn on the Radio,” “Fancy” and more, along with a Linda Ronstadt medley performed with special guest Terri Clark. Filmed on April 15, 2023, the concert marked Reba’s first time headlining the iconic New York City venue.
9:30/8:30 pm Rock Classics
A star-studded celebration of rock, blues and Americana, bringing together some of music’s biggest artists for unforgettable renditions of classic hits by legends including John Lennon, Gregg Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Charlie Daniels and Mavis Staples.
9 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Joe Bonamassa: The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork Joe Bonamassa honors Irish musician, singer and songwriter Rory Gallagher in this tribute concert held in Rory’s hometown of Cork, Ireland.
8:30/7:30 pm All Creatures
Great and Small: Chapter Six Go behind the scenes of the popular series as the cast and crew discuss what unfolds in Season 6, which returns to Darrowby in May 1945 to find Skeldale House at sixes and sevens. As victory in Europe is declared, the promise of peace is finally within reach - but James longs for a greater sense of calm at the surgery.
10 MONDAY
8:30/7:30 pm Red, White and Rock (My Music) Join Frankie Valli, The Righteous Brothers, Connie Francis, and more for a celebration of America and pop oldies music.
11 TUESDAY
9/8 pm Great Performances
Josh Groban: An Evening at Union Chapel Filmed in November 2025, this unforgettable concert film captures a performance by Josh Groban at London’s historic Union Chapel. Groban is at the top of his craft as he unveils new songs and unique interpretations of all-time favorites in an intimate setting.
11/10 pm Elvis ’56 Elvis Presley went from being a somewhat naive rock singer to a world-famous superstar in just one year: 1956. Performance footage and television clips reveal the legendary performer at the very beginning of his career.
12 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure The story behind David Attenborough’s wildlife documentary series “Life on Earth,” which changed his life and natural history filmmaking forever.
9/8 pm Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center A star-studded concert celebrates the centennial of the legendary folk musician Woody Guthrie. Filmed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the performance features John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Ani DiFranco and others performing Guthrie classics.
13 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Dolly Parton: Here I Am Explore Dolly Parton’s life and musical career, told through interviews with friends, collaborators and the artist herself. The documentary traces her humble
beginnings, explores the singers and songwriters who inspired her, and features reflections from some of her most famous fans.
10/9 pm Rick Steves Heart of Italy Rick delves deep into the Italian heartland - the place where la dolce vita is a way of life. Starting in Umbria, he connects with rustic, traditional culture. Then he tours Assisi, with its inspirational story of St. Francis and its awe-inspiring basilica. In Siena, Rick enjoys a front-row seat at its wild horse race - the venerable Palio - and marvels at cultural treasures from the city’s glory days. He finishes with the ultimate Riviera getaway: the Cinque Terre, where he gets to know each of the “five lands.”
14 FRIDAY
8:30/7:30 pm Reba McEntire Live from Madison Square Garden Join Reba McEntire for a special night of music from New York’s Madison Square Garden. The concert features some of her biggest hits, including “Turn on the Radio,” “Fancy” and more, along with a Linda Ronstadt medley performed with special guest Terri Clark. Filmed on April 15, 2023, the concert marked Reba’s first time headlining the iconic New York City venue.
15 SATURDAY
8/7–11/10 pm Viewer’s Choice TeleFund programming to be announced.
16 SUNDAY
8/7–11/10 pm Viewer’s Choice TeleFund programming to be announced.
Reba McEntire Live from Madison Square Garden
Crawley family faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants. New evidence turns up in a baffling case.
24 MONDAY
9/8 pm The Story of....Marilyn Monroe Although Marilyn Monroe was featured in 30 films in her short life, her lasting star power has secured her place as an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
10/9 pm POV How to Build a Library Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub.
25 TUESDAY
9/8 pm American Masters Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mary Oliver. Shaped by a solitary childhood and rising literary fame, Oliver published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty and love.
10:30/9:30 pm Georgia
O’Keeffe: A Woman On Paper Artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s career and her time spent in Columbia, South Carolina are highlighted.
26 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Nature Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons Grizzly 399 attempts to raise an unusually large litter in Grand Teton National Park, becoming a hopeful symbol of the survival and preservation of wildlife.
9/8 pm NOVA Dog Tales Dogs have long been dependable companions, but it wasn’t always that way.
Researchers reveal how humans have tamed fearsome canines over tens of thousands of years and how modern dog intelligence and behaviors have made them indispensable companions.
27 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Shelburne Museum Hour 3 Vermont treasures from Shelburne Museum include a 1956-1958 Celtics teamsigned photo & basketball, a Buffalo Bill poster and an Edwardian sapphire & diamond ring.
9/8 pm The Story of....Marilyn Monroe Although Marilyn Monroe was featured in 30 films in her short life, her lasting star power has secured her place as an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
28 FRIDAY
9/8 pm Great Performances
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026 The Vienna Philharmonic is joined by celebrated Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel for the annual open-air concert under conductor Lorenzo Viotti from Austria’s Imperial Schonbrunn Palace.
10:30/9:30 pm Kentucky by Design: Kentucky Muse The program explores Kentucky’s contributions to The Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project work relief program established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to document what was uniquely American about utilitarian art in this country.
29 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life Chihuly at Maker’s Mark, Cousin Emmy: The Barren County Spitfire, Professional Sports in
Kentucky World-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly opens a new exhibit at Maker’s Mark in Loretto; Cynthia May Carver, from Barren County, outgrew her humble beginnings and became a pioneer of country music in the 1940s and 1950s; and a look at professional sports in Kentucky.
9/8 pm Movie Classics Rebel Without a Cause A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. Starring James Dean and Natalie Wood (1955).
30 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Mr Bates vs The Post Office on Masterpiece Season 1, Episode Three Alan allies with the Post Office, hoping his friends can get justice, but can he trust the people who have let them down?
10/9 pm Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Season 3 - Part Five Things go badly amiss at Downton Abbey. Robert and Cora are not speaking. The servants are shunning Matthew’s mother, Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Bates takes a gamble.
31 MONDAY
9/8 pm The Story of....Elizabeth Taylor Two-time Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor was the unofficial Queen of Hollywood. But behind the glitz she led a life of extremes, with a rollercoaster of stellar successes and shocking tragedies.
10/9 pm POV Presents an array of groundbreaking and distinctive perspectives on contemporary life as chronicled by some of America’ s and Europe’s most visionary non-fiction filmmakers.
Georgia O’Keeffe: A Woman On Paper
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6:00/5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Wai Lana Yoga Your Fountain of Youth (4)/ S Aging Backwards 4 (11)/ Healing Yoga (18,25)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Wai Lana Yoga/ S 5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy (13)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6:30/5:30 Arthur Sit and Be Fit Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (4,18,25) Sit and Be Fit Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (6,20,27) Yoga in Practice Arthur
7:00/6:00 Wild Kratts Wild Kratts Wild Kratts Wild Kratts Wild Kratts Wild Kratts Wild Kratts
7:30/6:30 Weather Hunters Weather Hunters Weather Hunters Weather Hunters Weather Hunters Weather Hunters Weather Hunters
8:00/7:00 Lyla in the Loop / The Day You Begin (16) Lyla in the Loop Lyla in the Loop Lyla in the Loop Lyla in the Loop The Day You Begin (7)/ Lyla in the Loop Lyla in the
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Street Storm on Sesame Street (6)/ Sesame Street Sesame Street Sesame Street/ Storm on Sesame Street (8)
9:30/8:30 Work It Out Wombats!/ The Day You Begin (23) Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's
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10:30/9:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover/ S Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
11:00/10:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic Phoebe & Jay
11:30/10:30 The Chavis Chronicles (2,23,30) Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
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Work It Out Wombats! Work It Out Wombats! Paint This with Jerry Yarnell (1)/ S Carpenters: Close to You (8)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)/ The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins (22,29)
Best of The Joy of Painting (1,22,29)
& Jay Fit 2 Stitch (1,22,29)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
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Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting (1,22,29)/ S Rick Steves Art of Europe (8)
12:00/11:00 Inside Louisville/ S Aging Backwards 4 (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16) Elinor Wonders Why Elinor Wonders Why Elinor Wonders Why Elinor Wonders Why Elinor Wonders Why Garden Smart (1,22,29)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
12:30/11:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove (2,23,30) Rosie's Rules Rosie's Rules Rosie's Rules Rosie's Rules Rosie's Rules Ecosense for Living (1,22,29)
1:00/12:00 Comment on Kentucky/ S Elvis ‘56 (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16) Molly of Denali Molly of Denali Molly of Denali/ The Day You Begin (12) Molly of Denali Molly of Denali Rick Steves' Europe (1,22,29)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
1:30/12:30 Kentucky Health (2,23,30) Alma's Way
2:00/1:00 Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame (2)/ Viewer’s Choice (16)/ 49 Doves: The Flight 5191 Disaster (23)/ Games in Black and White (30) Odd
2:30/1:30 S 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (9)
3:00/2:00 Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
3:30/2:30 Saving George Washington’s Mount Vernon (23)/ The Show Must Go On! (30)
4:00/3:00 Kentucky Life (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
4:30/3:30 Kentucky Afield (2,23,30)/ S Dolly Parton: Here I Am (9)
Old House (3)/ Chef’s Life
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Jack Taylor: The Enterprise (3)/ Chihuly: Roll the Dice (10)/ Help! We Bought a Village (17,24)/ Blue - The Life and Art of George Rodrigue (31)
S Celebrating America 250: Made With Love (10)
5:00/4:00 S Viewer’s Choice (16)/ This Old House (23,30) Real Wild West (3)/ She Was First (17,24,31)
KET Story (4)/ Montiers: An American Story (11)/ Help! We Bought a Village (18,25)
S Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America (11)
Finding Your Roots (4,25)/ Design in Mind (18)
When We Were Shuttle (5)/ Behind the Wings (12)/ Help! We Bought a Village (19,26)
Once Upon a Time in Space (6)/ Larry King: Beyond the Mic (13)/ Help! We Bought a Village (20,27)
S Statue of Liberty (12) S Nova (13)
Way Samantha Brown's Places to Love/ S America’s Home Cooking (8)
with Yankee (1,22,29)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
Fancy Farm (1)/ Pati's Mexican Table (22,29)
Viewer’s Choice (15)/ Lidia’s Kitchen (22,29)
S Woody Guthrie at 100! (8)/ The Farmer & The Foodie (22,29)
Catching Giants (7)/ Underdogs (14)/ Help! We Bought a Village (21,28)
S Viewer’s Choice (15)/ America's Test Kitchen (22,29)
S Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure (14) Cook's Country (22,29)
Food Is My Teacher (19)/ Florence: The Art of Magnificence (26) Nova (6,20,27) Nature (7,21,28)
5:30/4:30 Ask This Old House (2,23,30) She Was First (17,24,31) Design in Mind (18) Stroke Across America (19)/ Divine Michelangelo (26)
6:00/5:00 Last of the Summer Wine/ Viewer’s Choice (16)
6:30/5:30 Keeping Up Appearances (2,23,30)/ S Great Performances (9) Kentucky
The Lawrence Welk Show/ S Lawrence Welk: Precious Memories (8)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
Antiques Roadshow/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen/ S Red White and Rock (8)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
7:30/6:30 The Red Green Show
7:00/6:00 Discovering Maggie Smith (2)/ Viewer’s Choice (16)/ Chatsworth Through Time (23)/ Secrets of the Royal Palaces (30)
PBS KIDS Programming Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules
6:00/5:00 Workplace Essential Skills/ S Thomas Jefferson (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
6:30/5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr (2,23,30) NHK
7:00/6:00 Classical Stretch by Essentrics/ S Viewer’s Choice (16) Yoga in Practice/ S Easy Yoga (10)
7:30/6:30 Fit 2 Stitch (2,23,30) In Good Shape: The Health Show (3,17,24,31) Wider World Kentucky Health (5,19,26)
8:00/7:00 Fon & Porter’s Love of Quilting/ S Rick Steves Art of Europe (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
8:30/7:30 Climate California (2,23,30)/ S Brain-Gut Connection (9)
9:00/8:00 American Woodshop (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
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10:00/9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe/ S Celebrating America 250: Made with Love (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
10:30/9:30 Epic
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Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
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Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
In the Americas with David Yetman Weekends with Yankee Fly Brother with Ernest White II
11:30/10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out (2,23,30)/ S Julia Child’s Best Bites (9) Dive In Tokyo Travels with Darley Journeys in Japan
12:00/11:00 Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice
12:30/11:30 Cook’s
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Lidia's Kitchen/ S America’s Home Cooking (10) Homemade Live!/ S Cooking with Legends (11) The Jazzy
In the Americas with David Yetman
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Workplace Essential Skills/ S Thomas Jefferson (8)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
Yoga with Sarah Starr (1,22,29)
Stretch by Essentrics/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
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the Lens Travels with Darley/ S Downton Abbey S3 (8)
Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi
Wild Nevada/ Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out (21,28)
Weekends with Yankee/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love (1,22,29)
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Chefs/ S Great Performances (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16) America's Test Kitchen (3,17,24,31) Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen (4,18,25) America's Test Kitchen Baking with Julia (6,20,27) Lidia's Kitchen (7,21,28) New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
1:30/12:30 Pati's Mexican Table (2,23,30)
2:00/1:00 Last of the Summer Wine (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
Kimball's Milk Street Television
Chase: A Chef’s Journey Cook's Country
Dine For with Kate Sullivan (7,21,28) A Taste of History/ S Downton Abbey S3 (8)
Dream of Europe/ Fly Brother with Ernest White II (24,31) Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out Kentucky Life Curious Traveler Outside: Beyond the Lens Museum Access/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
2:30/1:30 Keeping Up Appearances (2,23,30) Samantha Brown's Places to Love
3:00/2:00 As Time Goes By/ S Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16) Dive In Tokyo
Travels with Darley/ S Rick Steves Art of Europe (11) Journeys in Japan (5,19,26)
In the Americas with David Yetman
Wild Nevada (7)/ S Rick Steves’ Europe (14)/ Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out (21,28)
Weekends with Yankee/ S Downton Abbey S3 (8)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
3:30/2:30 Still Open All Hours (2,23,30) Rick Steves’ Europe/ S Social Security & You with Mary Beth Franklin (10) Rick Steve’s Europe (4,18,25) Rick Steves’ Europe (5,19,26) Rick Steves’ Europe Rick Steves’ Europe (7,21,28) Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi (1,22,29)
4:00/3:00 Doc Martin (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
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(1,22,29)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
S Carpenters: Close to You (9)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
Brezing and the Gilded Age of the Bluegrass (2)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)/ Art for Science’s Sake (23)/ If I Could Stay/Si Pudiera Quedarme (30) Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow The Lawrence Welk Show (1,22,29)/ S Viewer’s Choice (15)
6:30/5:30 S Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center (9)
7:00/6:00 Nova (2,23,30)/ S Viewer’s Choice (16)
Inside Louisville/ S Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like (10) Father Brown/ S America’s Home Cooking (11)/ You Are Cordially Invited (18)
Hidden Uganda (5)/ S Rick Steves’ Europe (12)/ Visions of Italy: Southern Style (19)/ Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose Greece (26)
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7:30/6:30 Kentucky Health (3,17,24,31) Kentucky Life (6,20,27)
