Visions December 2025

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

DOUBLING DOWN FOR KENTUCKY’S FUTURE

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or Bowling Green attorney Mike Owsley, supporting KET isn’t just about a monetary donation, it’s a personal commitment.

A longtime member of KET’s Commonwealth Fund board, Owsley has watched for decades as the network has connected Kentuckians through education, news and storytelling.

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“I’ve been a supporter of KET for many years,” he said. “What they do in terms of public affairs programming – Comment on Kentucky, for example – is extremely valuable.

It’s informative, it’s fair – Kentucky Tonight is one of the best programs going anywhere. [KET’s] public affairs coverage gives people the

opportunity to hear unbiased discussions about what’s happening in our state.” Continuing, he adds “it’s so important to be educated about these issues. KET gives you what you need to know in an unbiased, impartial manner. You just come away a much better-informed citizen.”

Owsley believes that KET’s

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I recently made the decision – I’m doubling my contribution from last year, and I challenge others to do the same.

MIKE OWSLEY Partner, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP

strength lies not only in public affairs but in education, an area where the network’s reach has been transformative. “It provides resources to schools and teachers all across Kentucky, particularly in rural areas that don’t have the same access to materials. The programs they produce and distribute have helped raise the level of education in this state.”

“It also brings education into the home. There are a lot of parents who can’t always help their children with schoolwork, and KET is like a second teacher in the room. It teaches in a way that’s easy to understand and enjoyable about the world and about what they need to know to become successful as they grow up.”

“KET serves a hugely valuable purpose in the state,” Owsley said. “It reaches people who might not otherwise have access to the same opportunities for education or information.”

Owsley recognizes this is why the Kentucky state legislature established KET more than 60 years ago and why continued support from the state is essential. However, he also acknowledges funding challenges due to the elimination of federal funding

and the impact this is having on the network.

“That loss [of funding] affects the very programming that keeps Kentuckians informed and educated. But we’re not going to give up, we’re going to dig in and fight harder.”

For Owsley, giving to KET isn’t simply about maintaining an institution, it’s about preserving a lifeline of access and understanding for generations of Kentuckians.

It is so important that we not lose some of these programs for the next generation.”

He’s taking the challenge personally, too. “I recently made the decision - I’m doubling my contribution from last year, and I challenge others to do the same,” adding, “we have 30-plus lawyers here at [our firm in] Bowling Green. I know they all share my support and belief that KET serves a hugely valuable purpose in this state.”

Doubling his contribution and advocating for others to do the same reflects a simple message and mission. “I’m a big supporter of KET. It’s something we have to support.”

It’s been a challenging year for KET, yet we’ve been heartened by the outpouring of support that so many of you have shown through your kind words, as well as your generous financial support.

Despite the challenges, this has also been a rewarding year with many new programs and services.

Among 2025’s highlights, we began the year by unveiling our Louisville Production Center. Providing an even stronger connection to Kentucky’s largest city, several programs are produced through this new studio, including Inside Louisville, Kentucky Health, News Quiz and others.

With full-house screening events, KET premiered two of our new productions: Rick Steves’ Europe with the Louisville Orchestra and Lexington: 250 Years, as well as special screenings of Ken Burns’ The American Revolution.

KET’s The Next Chapter continued providing forums on the issues, concerns and rewards of one’s golden years. Public affairs series including Kentucky Edition and Kentucky Tonight drew on multiple perspectives to keep viewers informed, while Kentucky Life shared more fascinating stories from around the Commonwealth.

In response to new legislation requiring cursive handwriting instruction, we developed and launched Cursive Connection, with lessons for students and guides for teachers. Let’s Learn Kentucky continued supporting kindergarten readiness, while FastForward and Workplace Essential Skills helped adult learners.

Throughout the year, popular series including Antiques Roadshow, Movie Classics, Doc Martin, Finding Your Roots and Masterpiece dramas were enjoyed. And of course, children continued to rely on PBS KIDS’ collection of entertaining and educational programs.

All of this and more are made possible with your support! Thank you!

During this holiday season, we want to express our gratitude and appreciation, and to wish you and your family a wonderful new year.

Sincerely,

Shae Hopkins KET Executive Director and CEO Please consider an additional end-of-year gift today!

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KET’s WinterPledge is Nov. 29-Dec. 7. With your donation, you help keep favorites on the air like Masterpiece, Finding Your Roots, Kentucky Life, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and more. This season of giving, your support means more than ever, and your donation helps us carry on with our mission of enriching the lives of Kentuckians by educating, informing, inspiring and connecting people of every age and circumstance.

OUR GIFT TO YOU With your donation to KET, you can receive tickets to these events! Go to KET.org/Donate to see all of the thank-you gifts available.

Andrea Bocelli in Concert Rupp Arena, Lexington Saturday, December 6 • 8 pm Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Rupp Arena, Lexington Wednesday, December 10 • 7 pm Celtic Woman Symphony Christmas Tour EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond Sunday, December 14 • 7 pm The Fab Four - The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Lexington Opera House Saturday, September 12, 2026 • 7:30 pm

Thank you for your support.

KET.org/Donate • 800-866-0366 All proceeds benefit KET programs and services.

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Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration

Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany featuring global superstars Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Sofia Carson, Brian May, Jon Batiste and more.

KET Saturday, November 29 • 7/6 pm KET2 Sunday, November 30 • 5:30/4:30 pm

The Fab Four — The Ultimate Beatles Tribute

Raise a glass to celebrate the most memorable moments from five seasons of this beloved series with cast members and creators. Explore each of the characters – human and animal – and revisit their loves, losses, triumphs, struggles, growth and joy.

KET Sunday, November 30 • 10/9 pm KET2 Wednesday, December 3 • 10:30/9:30 pm

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve

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Celebrate Christmas with Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s allegorical rock opera, featuring Ossie Davis, Jewel and Michael Crawford in a story of a runaway girl who turns her life around on a snowy Christmas Eve.From TSO producer/writer/guitarist Paul O’Neill, along with long-time collaborators Jon Oliva and Bob Kinkel.

KET Saturday, November 29 • 11/10 pm KET2 Tuesday, December 2 • 10:30/9:30 pm

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Rick visits friends and families in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy to reveal their customs and practices of the holiday season.

This special is a colorful, musical celebration of Christmas across Europe, where viewers learn about customs from “the old countries” and discover holiday family traditions.

KET Sunday, November 30 • 1 pm/noon KET2 Wednesday, December 3 • 7:30/6:30 pm

Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like

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This documentary pays tribute to the beloved Fred Rogers and his landmark children’s television program. In this retrospective hosted by Michael Keaton, enjoy memorable segments including visits with Koko the Gorilla and Margaret Hamilton as well as the iconic trip to the Crayola crayon factory. Hear from stars including Judd Apatow, Whoopi Goldberg, John Lithgow, Sarah Silverman and Caroll Spinney as they share their favorite memories from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

KET Monday, December 1 • 8/7 pm KET2 Thursday, December 4 • 7/6 pm

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Celtic Woman: 20th Anniversary Concert

Celebrate 20 years of spectacular Irish music with a new concert filmed at the Helix in Dublin – the very same venue where the first Celtic Woman PBS special was filmed 20 years ago. With fan favorites, new arrangements and stirring originals, this emotional evening features a stellar lineup of eight world-class Celtic Women, backed by a choir, orchestra, dancers and a full band.

KET Monday, December 1 • 9:30/8:30 pm KET2 Sunday, November 30 • 1:30/noon

Lexington: 250 Years

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Beginning on the banks of Town Branch Creek, this documentary takes viewers on a sprawling historical journey that includes the Civil War, the Great Depression and world wars, the establishment of Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, and Henry Clay, Mary Todd Lincoln and other notable figures in the city’s history. Narrated by actor and Lexington native Josh Hopkins.

KET Tuesday, December 2 • 8/7 pm KET2 Sunday, November 30 • 7:30/6:30 pm

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8 The Caregivers Journey: A KET Special Report KET Monday, Dec. 8 • 8/7 pm This special report examines the hidden costs of caregiving, strategies for maintaining positive relationships and the programs and support services available to alleviate the stress of this vital role. Funded in part by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.

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Happiness

KET Friday, Dec. 12 • 9/8 pm

KET Sunday, Dec. 14 • 9/8 pm

Celebrate the life and career of legendary actor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday. Known for films like Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, TV show Diagnosis Murder and his classic CBS sitcom, Van Dyke has delighted audiences on screen and stage for eight decades. Featuring never-beforeseen footage, photos and home movies that detail Van Dyke’s extraordinary showbiz legacy.

Broadway director and golden boy Charlie Summers has come home to New Zealand. And he’s devastated.

After 20 years working his way up to the top of the musical theatre world, he has found himself back in his childhood bedroom and back helping his mother, Gaye, at the local community musical theater. The eclectic cast and crew there may lack professional skills but certainly don’t lack passion.

15 Financial Planning for Seniors Call-In: A Next Chapter Forum KET Monday, Dec. 15 • 8/7 pm From Social Security and retirement benefits, to maximizing tax credits and deductions and having your estate in order, financial planning in our golden years can seem daunting.

In this all-new forum, Renee Shaw hosts a panel of financial advisors and experts who can offer guidance and insight to some of the most commonly asked questions and more. A 2025 KET production.

16 Great Performances: Nutcracker from English National Ballet KET Tuesday, Dec. 16 • 8:30/7:30 pm Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic set in Edwardian-era London. Clara embarks on a fantastical adventure with her enchanted nutcracker featuring over 100 dancers and a magical, dreamlike realm.

Choreographed by Aaron S. Watkin and Arielle Smith.

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Kentucky Life: A Holiday Special KET Saturday, Dec. 20 • 8/7 pm Join host Chip Polston for a special episode of Kentucky Life as he re-visits some of Kentucky’s most charming holiday traditions! Visit the third-generation postmaster of Bethlehem, KY working to keep a Christmas postage routine alive, learn about the origins of age-old holiday practices, celebrate Appalachian “Old Christmas” and more in this fun – and fact – filled seasonal program.

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Lexington: 250 Years (from 7:30pm) Great Conversations: Colm Tóibín & Silas House

Saint Joseph College: A Triumph of Faith

Story Road

Mister’s Rogers: It’s You I Like

Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert

Mary Berry's Ultimate Ken Burns: The National Parks Christmas (from 7pm) Kentucky Life

Rick Steves Mighty Alps

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute

Kentucky Collectibles

Bluegrass and Backroads

Kentucky Life

BBC News

Conversations with Champions: Tom Hallion

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Muse – Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

WoodSongs Kids BBC News

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Medicare Enrollment 2025 Call-In: A Next Chapter Forum

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Edition

In Performance at the Governor's Mansion: From Bluegrass and Backroads Bluegrass to Blues — Roots of Kentucky Music

We Heart Public Television!

BBC News

Rick Steves European Christmas (from 7:30pm) Kentucky Life

Kentucky Time Capsule

Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name

Best of the 60’s (My Music Presents)

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All Creatures Great and Small: Cheers to the Years

Lexington: 250 Years

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Cozy Mysteries (from 7pm)

bookclub@KET: All the King’s Men

The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum Beyond Stained Glass — Architectural Glass by Kenneth von Roenn

Kentucky Edition

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Kentucky Edition

Jubilee: Nedski and Mojo with Jana

Run That by Me Again

60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents)

BBC News

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (from 7pm) Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop (My Music Presents)

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen

Kentucky Collectibles

Comment on Kentucky

Washington Week with the Atlantic

All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents)

Kentucky Edition

Exile: 60 Years of Music BBC News

Kentucky Collectibles

Kentucky Afield Kentucky Edition Rick Steves Mighty Alps

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The We Heart Public Television!

Fabric of America (from 7pm)

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Edition

Distinguished Kentuckian: Everett Moore

Kentucky Edition

WoodSongs: Christie Lenee and Femina

Viewer’s Choice

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Music Anywhere: Best of Bluegrass

Kentucky Music: Rich and the Po’ Folk WoodSongs: Christie Lenee and Femina

Lanham Brothers Jamboree

Music Anywhere: Best of Bluegras

Reel Visions

Jubilee: Nedski and Mojo with Jana

Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules

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The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum

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8:30/7:30 pm All Creatures Great and Small: Cheers to the Years A look back at seasons of the beloved series, featuring cast and crew interviews and behind-the-scenes glimpses.

11/10 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.

1 MONDAY 8/7 pm Mr. Rogers: It’s You I Like Hosted

by Michael Keaton, this special celebrates Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the PBS series that premiered nationally 50 years ago and became a landmark in children's television.

Keaton, who once worked behind the scenes on the series, provides new insights to the series. Judd Apatow, Whoopi Goldberg, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Caroll Spinney and others reveal their favorite memories of the show, while Joe Negri ("Handyman Negri"), David Newell ("Mr. McFeely"), and Rogers' wife, Joanne, share their personal stories.

8:30/7:30 pm Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon.

Filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the series.

2 TUESDAY 8/7 pm Lexington: 250 Years The film chronicles the Kentucky city’s founding and some of its most important moments

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve

and events. Beginning on the banks of Town Branch Creek, the documentary takes viewers on a sprawling historical journey that includes the Civil War, the Great Depression and World Wars, as well as the establishment of Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, and features Henry Clay, Mary Todd Lincoln and other notable figures in the city’s history.

Narrated by actor and Lexington native Josh Hopkins. This original program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions. A 2025 KET production.

10:30/9:30 pm Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve Narrated by the late Ossie Davis, the story of a girl who decides to return to her family after she enters a rundown theater for shelter and encounters an old caretaker (Davis), who guides her on her journey. The caretaker brings the theater to life through musical performances by singers Jewel, Michael Crawford and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

River,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” and “Always on My Mind.”

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8/7 pm 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents) The legends of ‘60s and ‘70s soul music return to perform their biggest hits. Featuring The Temptations, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Sam Moore and more.

11/10 pm Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs Legendary songwriter Kris Kristofferson is joined by Alison Krauss, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr. and other top country artists in this 2016 concert from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Songs include “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” “Here Comes That Rainbow Again,” “For The Good Times” and more.

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The star-studded program celebrates 55 remarkable years of public television.

Featuring music director Rickey Minor with appearances by Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katherine MacPhee, Joe Bonamassa, Lucy Dacus, Celtic Woman, Lindsay Ell, Sarah Silverman, Martha Plimpton and many more.

9/8 pm The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson shine in this 1990 performance. Songs include “Big

9/8 pm All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents) Full-length performances include Johnny Maestro, The Duprees, Jay Back, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Ronnie Spector, Frankie Valli, Jerry Butler, and many more artists from the 50s and 60s.

6 SATURDAY 8/7 pm Viewer’s Choice TeleFund programming to be announced.

8/7 pm Viewer’s Choice TeleFund programming to be announced.

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs

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Beargrass - The Creek Great Conversations: Rosanne Cash and in Our Backyard Nick Spitzer

Bluegrass and Backroads

Kentucky’s Secret Gardens

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The Caregiving Experience: A KET Special Report

Paths For Success: Education Matters

Antiques Roadshow: The Gen X Years

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

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Whitney Reynolds Show

Kentucky Muse: Tin Can Buddha: Shades of Blue

WoodSongs Kids: The Huckle Berries

Finding Your Roots: Fighters

Finding Your Roots: Forgotten Journeys

Frontline

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece: Season 5, Episode One: The Rival

Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece: Season 5, Episode Two: The Guild

Before We Die: Season 1, Episode Six

Kentucky Edition

MotorWeek: 2025 Audi Rs3

The Caregiving Experience: A KET Special Report

Kentucky Life

Nature: Canada: Surviving the Wild North

NOVA: Ice Age Footprints

Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts

The Chaperone on Masterpiece

Kentucky Life

bookclub@KET: Lincoln of Kentucky

Antiques Roadshow: The Gen X Years

THU

Kentucky Edition Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Life

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BBC News

Conversations with Champions: Dave Baker

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Collectibles

POV: Between Goodbyes

Kentucky Time Capsule

Kentucky Edition

In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Diverse Cultures

NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Bluegrass and Backroad

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition

The Chavis Chronicles

Jubilee: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man’s Land/ Run That by Me Hazel Johnson Band Again

A Walk with Simon Kenton

Kentucky Edition

Doc Martin: Season 9, Episode Eight: Licence to Practice

Father Brown: The Serpent Within

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions

Kentucky Edition

Life of a Musician: Tim O’Brien

This Old House: Asheville

Ask This Old House: A Celebration of Hanukkah Sustainable Grass

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen

Comment on Kentucky

Washington Week with the Atlantic

American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Movie Classics: Emma

Kentucky Edition

Comment on Kentucky

Doc Martin: Season 9, Episode Eight: Licence to Practice

Kentucky Collectibles

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Collectibles

Distinguished Kentuckian: Morton Holbrook

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Movie Classics: My Week with Marilyn

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Peter White & John Sergeant Music Anywhere

Kentucky Music: Adkins and O’Quinn

Last of the Summer Keeping Up Wine Appearances

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition: December 12, 2025

A Walk with Boone

Kentucky Afield

WoodSongs: Freedy Johnston and Wildfire Reel Visions Labyrinths of Austin City Limits: Jon Batiste Kentucky (10:40pm)

As Time Goes By

Brothers WoodSongs: Freedy Johnston and Wildfire Lanham Jamboree

Still Open All Hours: The Paris Murders: Season 2, Episode Nine: 2013 Special In My Son’s Name Music Anywhere

Jubilee: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man’s Land/ Hazel Johnson Band

Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules

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Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece – Season 5, Episode One: The Rival

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9/8 pm Paths For Success: Education Matters The program helps students and parents learn how advanced placement, dual credit and other high school pathways can prepare students for college and careers. Host Kelsey Starks discusses these options with a panel of education experts.

A 2025 KET production.

9/8 pm Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries. A 2019 KET Production.

10/9 pm POV Between Goodbyes Cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface when a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul.

9 TUESDAY 8/7 pm Finding Your Roots Fighters Terry Crews and Tony Danza discover they aren’t the first in their families to beat the odds through sheer force of will.

8/7 pm Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece Season 5, Episode One: The Rival When a new Detective Inspector joins Scotland Yard, Eliza must fight to prove herself again.

NOVA – Ice Age Footprints

10/9 pm Before We Die Season 1, Episode Six The police attempt to bust the Mimicas’ operation, but they are in for an unpleasant surprise. With Billy and Christian’s help, Hannah manages to turn the tables on the Mimicas and set up a dramatic showdown.

10 WEDNESDAY 8/7 pm Nature Canada: Surviving the Wild North Journey from Canada’s high arctic to boreal forest and discover how animals survive in the North.

8/7 pm Lucy Worsley Investigates The Witch Hunts Lucy Worsley uncovers the story that started Britain’s century of bloody witch hunts.

9/8 pm NOVA Ice Age Footprints Thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park capture moments when Ice Age humans crossed paths with enormous ground sloths and mammoths.

11 THURSDAY 8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow The Gen X Years Explore the era between Boomers and Millennials for exciting treasures from the mid-1960s to early 1980s, also known as the Generation X years. Standout appraisals include Matt Groening artwork, Charles Loloma bracelets and Evel Knievel’s leathers.

9/8 pm A Celebration of Hanukkah With the help of Chicago-area Jewish and interfaith people, Geoffrey Baer tells the story of Hanukkah.

12 FRIDAY 8/7 pm Doc Martin Season 9, Episode Eight: Licence to Practice Wedding bells are ringing in Portwenn with the preparations for Morwenna and Al’s wedding. But some last-minute hitches threaten to jeopardize their big day.

9/8 pm Movie Classics Emma While playing matchmaker, a young Englishwoman almost misses her chance at love. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Colette and Jeremy Northam (1996).

13 SATURDAY 8/7 pm Kentucky Life Taking Flight, A Century of State Parks, Musical Kentucky Host Chip Polston visits Eastern Kentucky University’s Aviation program and learns how students prepare to become pilots; the Kentucky State Park system celebrates its 100th anniversary; from Bill Monroe to Nappy Roots, 120 examples of Kentucky’s musical excellence. A 2024 KET production.

9/8 pm Movie Classics My Week with Marilyn An assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier documents tensions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne and Kenneth Branagh (2011).

10:40/9:40 pm Labyrinths of Kentucky The labyrinth, an ancient tool for meditation and spiritual seeking, has recently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in America and around the world. This award-winning segment from a 2004 edition of Kentucky Life follows the construction of a labyrinth in Danville and visits seven others across the state. A 2004 KET Production.

A Celebration of Hanukkah

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Happiness: Season 1, Happiness: Season 1, All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Velvet: Season 2, Episode Four: Sewing Episode One Episode Two Season 5, Episode One: To All Our Boys Season 5, Episode Two: Holding the Baby and Singing

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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: The Rising Road (1933-1939)

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Ride Through Ludlow Lagoon

City of Ali

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Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 13

American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke

Kentucky Collectibles

Conversations with Champions: Vince Gabbert

Great Performances: Nutcracker from English National Ballet

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Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece: Season 5, Episode Three: The Thames Reaper

Nature: Santa’s Wild Home

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Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition

Whitney Reynolds Show

Kentucky Muse: Tracks of Imagination

WoodSongs Kids: Cruse Edwards

Frontline

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Secrets of the Royal Palaces: Love and Marriage

Kentucky Edition

MotorWeek: 2025 Aston Martin

Kentucky Edition

In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Bluegrass Royalty

NOVA: Polar Extremes

BBC News

Bluegrass and Backroads Kentucky Edition The Chavis Chronicles

Kentucky Life

Run That by Me Again

bookclub@KET

Rewire Not Retire: A Next Chapter Forum

Kentucky Edition

Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode Nine: Last Christmas in Portwenn

Father Brown (10:06pm)

This Old House: Asheville

Ask This Old House: Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling Seabees

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen

Comment on Kentucky

Washington Week with the Atlantic

Craft in America: East

Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode Nine: Last Christmas in Portwenn

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Kentucky Edition

European Christmas BBC News Markets

Kentucky Time Capsule

Happiness: Season 1, Happiness: Season 1, All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Kentucky Edition Season 5, Episode One: To All Our Boys Season 5, Episode Two: Holding the Baby Episode One Episode Two

Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 13

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American Masters: Ten Times Better

Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece: Season 5, Episode Four: The Deal

Financial Planning for Seniors Call-In: A Next Chapter Forum

Kentucky Life

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Great Conversations: Siddhartha Mukherjee Bluegrass and and David T. Scadden Backroads

Financial Planning for Seniors Call-In: A Next Chapter Forum

Kentucky Life

History Detectives: Tokyo Rose Recording/ Crazy Horse Photo/WWII Diary

Kentucky Collectibles

BBC News

Life of a Musician: Zach Top

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Afield

Jim Host: Game Changer

Craft in America: West

Movie Classics: Mansfield Park (9:06pm)

Kentucky Collectibles

Distinguished Kentuckian: William H. Neal Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Movie Classics: The Bells of St. Mary’s

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Pam Ayres & Last of the Summer Keeping Up Geoffrey Whitehead Wine Appearances

Kentucky Edition

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein: The Statue of Liberty Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Life

Music Anywhere

Jubilee: Sydni Perry and Cafe Blue

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition

Comment on Kentucky

WoodSongs: Rhonda Vincent and the Rage Reel Visions Austin City Limits: Jacob Collier/Nickel Creek

As Time Goes By

Kentucky Music: Lanham Brothers Kentucky Wild Horse WoodSongs: Rhonda Vincent and the Rage Jamboree

Still Open All Hours: The Paris Murders: Season 2, Episode Ten: Christmas 2016 Until the Break of Dawn Music Anywhere

Jubilee: Sydni Perry and Cafe Blue

Times subject to change. Up-to-date listings available at KET.org/tv-schedules

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EVENING HIGHLIGHTS 14 SUNDAY 8/7 pm Happiness Season 1, Episode One After a setback on Broadway, director Charlie Summers returns to his hometown, where he reluctantly joins the amateur musical theater society.

9/8 pm All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Season 5, Episode One: To All Our Boys With World War II underway, Siegfried takes up the slack at the surgery. James faces an uncertain future when he is grounded at the RAF. Mrs Hall and Helen consider their contribution to the community, and Carmody is eager to step up.

10/9 pm Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries Meet the Family Travel the globe to meet the many species of the wild dog family, from the formidable Arctic wolf to the talkative Dhole, from the tiny Fennec fox to the long-legged Maned wolf.

15 MONDAY

8/7 pm Financial Planning for Seniors CallIn: A Next Chapter Forum From Social Security and retirement benefits to maximizing tax credits and deductions and having your estate in order, financial planning in the golden years can seem daunting. Reneé Shaw hosts a panel of financial advisors and experts who offer guidance for securing your financial future. A 2025 KET production.

9/8 pm Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special, combining classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story about giving back.

10:30/9:30 pm European Christmas Markets Travel through the cities and towns in Germany, France and Switzerland to learn history, see major sights and visit charming markets. The Kingston Trio provides special folk arrangements of traditional Christmas carols.

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16 TUESDAY 8/7 pm Great Performances Nutcracker from English National Ballet Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic set in Edwardian-era London, featuring more than 100 dancers.

9/8 pm Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece Season 5, Episode Four: The Deal Eliza’s life is turned upside down when she finds herself dragged into a missing person’s case with a recently released convict by the name of Patrick Nash.

17 WEDNESDAY 8/7 pm Nature Santa’s Wild Home Get an intimate look into life in Lapland, the fabled land of Santa Claus, and actual home of tenacious wildlife.

9/8 pm NOVA Polar Extremes Uncover the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-high ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.

18 THURSDAY

9/8 pm Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling After more than six years of work, London’s iconic landmark is finally restored to its original glory, brightening the skyline once more with its sparkling colors, golden shine and spotless masonry.

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein – The Statue of Liberty

10/9 pm Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein The Statue of Liberty Explores the evolving meaning of the Statue of Liberty and how it embodies values and conflicts in America, from abolition to the treatment of refugees.

9/8 pm Craft in America East Explore the intersection of history, culture and contemporary craft in the eastern region of the U.S. 9:06/8:06 pm Movie Classics Mansfield Park Fanny is sent away to live with her wealthy relatives so she can be introduced into society. Starring Frances O’Connor, Jonny Lee Miller and Alessandro Nivola (1999).

20 SATURDAY 8/7 pm Kentucky Life Home Christmas Displays, The Spirit of Christmas Past in Kentucky, Little Town of Bethlehem (KY), Old Christmas in Appalachia Meet two Lexington families who have taken holiday decorating to new heights and why they love to share it with others; learn about Christmas traditions from around the state; the third-generation postmaster in Bethlehem, Kentucky is working to keep a Christmas tradition alive; and the Kentucky holiday heritage of “Old Christmas” is celebrated on January 6, especially in Appalachia. A 2025 KET production.

9/8 pm Movie Classics The Bells of St. Mary’s Father O’Malley and Sister Benedict use their friendly rivalry to save their school. Starring Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman and Henry Travers (1945).

Movie Classics – The Bells of St. Mary’s

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Happiness: Season 1, Happiness: Season 1, All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Velvet: Season 2, Episode Five: Who Gives Episode Three Episode Four Season 5, Episode Three: Homecoming Season 5, Episode Four: Uninvited Guests the Most?

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Louisville’s Olmsted Great Conversations: Michio Kaku and Parks James Canton

Louisville: A City at the Falls

22 MON 23 TUE

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A Celebration of Hanukkah

The Holidays at Murray State

Antiques Roadshow: Wags to Riches

The Nutcracker at the Jacobs School of Music

Kentucky Collectibles

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas

History Detectives: Amelia Earhart Plane/ Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home Bluegrass and Backroads

Kentucky Time Capsule

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition

Whitney Reynolds Show

Conversations with Champions: Jim Richards, Darel Carrier, and Clem Haskins

Kentucky Edition

American Masters: Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come

Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece: Season 5, Episode Five: The Enchanted Mirror

Miss Scarlet on Masterpiece: Season 5, Episode Six: Dangerous Liaisons

Secrets of the Royal Palaces: Private Life

Kentucky Edition

MotorWeek

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Life

24 WED 25 THU

Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Secrets of Success

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: The Common Cause (1939-1944)

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Kentucky Muse: Wendy Whelan: Moments of Grace

In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Bluegrass and The Poetry of Jazz/The Jazz of Poetry Backroads

Senior Scams: A Next Chapter Forum

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Edition

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Ball and Vase

A Southern Celtic Christmas Concert

BBC News

Happiness: Season 1, Happiness: Season 1, All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Kentucky Edition Season 5, Episode Three: Homecoming Season 5, Episode Four: Uninvited Guests Episode Three Episode Four Kentucky Life

bookclub@KET: Affrilachia

Red Barn Radio - Holiday 2024

Kentucky Edition

Call the Midwife Holiday Special

Ask This Old House: Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Regrade Lawn

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen

Comment on Kentucky

Washington Week with the Atlantic

Rick Steves’ Europe with the Louisville Orchestra

Kentucky Collectibles

Kentucky Collectibles

Distinguished Kentuckian: Earl D. Wallace

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Movie Classics: Mansfield Park

The Chavis Chronicles Run That by Me Again

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition

Life of a Musician: Lauren Mascitti

Kentucky Winter Solstice with Hancock & Shouse

Kentucky Afield

Eddy’s World

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Kentucky Edition

Comment on Kentucky

WoodSongs: Hubby Jenkins & Down Hill Strugglers

Reel Visions

Austin City Limits: Rodrigo y Gabriela featuring the Austin Symphony Orchestra

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Brian Conley Last of the Summer Keeping Up & Nick Owen Wine Appearances Kentucky Music: John Haywood

Kentucky Edition

Ball and Vase

Movie Classics: The Bells of St. Mary’s

Kentucky Life

Music Anywhere

Jubilee: Rockin’ Acoustic Circus

Kentucky Edition

Call the Midwife Holiday Special

This Old House: Asheville

Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode One: I Will Survive

WoodSongs Kids: Phoebe White

WoodSongs: Hubby Jenkins & Down Hill Strugglers

As Time Goes By

Still Open All Hours: The Paris Murders: Season 2, Episode Christmas 2017 Eleven: Forever

Lanham Brothers Jamboree: Christmas Music Anywhere

Jubilee: Rockin’ Acoustic Circus

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EVENING HIGHLIGHTS 21 SUNDAY 8/7 pm Happiness Season 1, Episode Three Charlie champions Gloria’s vision, despite Adrian’s resistance, unintentionally encouraging the ensemble to look to Charlie as the new director.

interviews with Keith Urban, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo and many others.

9/8 pm The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come St. Olaf College presents music for the Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons, featuring more than 450 students from St. Olaf College’s renowned choirs and orchestra.

9/8 pm Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special, combining classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story about giving back.

10:30/9:30 pm Ball and Vase When an ailing and widowed elderly professor and magician learns his grandson will not be visiting for his last Christmas, he struggles to reconnect with the world – and himself – by attempting to perform at a local pub that he used to frequent with his wife.

9/8 pm All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small Season 5, Episode Three: Homecoming It’s Jimmy’s christening day and everyone is determined to make it special. Helen and Mrs. Hall busily prepare to host James’s parents, and Siegfried is writing his godparenting speech.

10/9 pm Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers The community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina, performs holiday song selections including "March of the Toys" and an instrumental version of "Silent Night."

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24 WEDNESDAY

9/8 pm Rick Steves’ Europe with the Louisville Orchestra Join Rick Steves and the Louisville Orchestra on a spectacular musical journey through Europe. This program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

10/9 pm A Southern Celtic Christmas Concert James Flannery hosts a celebration of Celtic and Appalachian Christmas traditions through music, poetry, dance and song.

27 SATURDAY

9/8 pm The Holidays at Murray State The Murray State University Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, a cappella group “EQ Blu” and featured faculty soloists highlight this annual seasonal special.

9/8 pm The Nutcracker at the Jacobs School of Music Indiana University’s Musical Arts Center performs a contemporary take on the beloved holiday ballet.

10/9 pm Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Join the beloved British home cook and special friends as they prepare her ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings.

From the traditional turkey to her classic Christmas pudding, it’s the perfect recipe for a deliciously festive holiday.

23 TUESDAY 8/7 pm American Masters Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around Discover how Brenda Lee’s early fame and life of poverty shaped her music, including the classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The film features

American Masters – Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around

26 FRIDAY

8/7 pm Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special, combining classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story about giving back.

25 THURSDAY 8/7 pm Call the Midwife Holiday Special When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the young midwives are left to cope. Sister Julienne finds herself excited about the Order’s future.

8/7 pm Kentucky Life Remember the Raisin, Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Artist Dan Dutton The story of the Kentucky casualties in the Battle of the River Raisin 1813 in Monroe, Michigan, and its lasting impact on the state; the beauty of Natural Bridge State Park; explore the work of Somerset-based artist Dan Dutton. A 2024 KET production.

11/10 pm Austin City Limits Rodrigo y Gabriela featuring the Austin Symphony Orchestra Rodrigo y Gabriela and the Austin Symphony Orchestra perform.

A Southern Celtic Christmas Concert

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Happiness: Season 1, Happiness: Season 1, All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Velvet: Season 2, Episode Six: New York, Episode Five Episode Six Season 5, Episode Five: Pair Bond Season 5, Episode Six: Glass Half Full New York Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Defending Wild Dogs

History Detectives: Hindenburg Artifact/ John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip Hop

Great Conversations:: Erik Larson and Robert Siegel

Bluegrass and Backroads

Kentucky Time Capsule

The Hilltoppers

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

American Masters: Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day

Kentucky Edition

Whitney Reynolds Show

Conversations with Champions: C.M. Newton

Kentucky Muse: Of Hands and Hearts: The Kentucky Guild of Artists

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962) Rick Steves’ Europe with the Louisville Orchestra

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Sandford Duncan Inn

Lexington: 250 Years Antiques Roadshow: Did Grandma Lie? Kentucky Life

Kentucky Collectibles

Kentucky Edition

WoodSongs Kids: Lucy Grey

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

To Be Announced

BBC News

Kentucky Edition

Call the Midwife Holiday Special

Secrets of the Royal Palaces: Royal Scandals

Kentucky Edition

MotorWeek

Kentucky Life

The Wellness Shift: A KET Forum

Kentucky Life

To Be Announced

Kentucky Edition

In Performance at the Governor’s Mansion: Prestonsburg

To Be Announced

Happiness: Season 1, Happiness: Season 1, All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Kentucky Edition Season 5, Episode Five: Pair Bond Season 5, Episode Six: Glass Half Full Episode Five Episode Six Kentucky Life

Bluegrass and Backroads

bookclub The Bean Trees

Hey Cartooners!

Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2026

Kentucky Edition

BBC News

Kentucky Edition Kentucky Edition (11:35pm)

This Old House

Ask This Old House

Lexington: 250 Years

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen

Comment on Kentucky

Washington Week with the Atlantic

King of Them All: The Story of King Records

Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode Two: One Night Only

Run That by Me Again

Jubilee: Act of Congress

Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2026

The Chavis Chronicles

Kentucky Collectibles

Kentucky Edition

Hey Cartooners!

Kentucky Afield

Independent Lens: WE WANT THE FUNK!

BBC News

Movie Classics: The Great Escape

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Collectibles

Distinguished Kentuckian: Margaret Willis

Kentucky Life

Kentucky Afield

Movie Classics: The Thin Man

Kentucky Edition

WoodSongs: The Local Honeys and Town Mountain

Reel Visions

On Story

Austin City Limits

Still Open All Hours

The Paris Murders: Season 2, Episode Twelve: For Always

Celebrity Antiques Roadshow: David Gower & Nick Hancock

Last of the Summer Keeping Up Wine Appearances

As Time Goes By

Lexington: 250 Years Kentucky Music (from 6pm)

WoodSongs: The Local Honeys and Town Mountain

Lanham Brothers Jamboree: Christmas Music Anywhere

Jubilee: Act of Congress

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Call the Midwife Holiday Special

EVENING HIGHLIGHTS 28 SUNDAY

8/7 pm The Roosevelts: An Intimate History A Strong and Active Faith (19441962) FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt fights for civil rights, civil liberties and the United Nations.

11/10 pm History Detectives Hindenburg Artifact/John Adams Book/Birthplace of Hip Hop Encore presentations: An instrument that may have been recovered from the Hindenburg, a book that may have been a gift from John Adams to his son and a home in the Bronx that may have been the birthplace of hip hop.

29 MONDAY 8/7 pm Lexington: 250 Years The film chronicles the Kentucky city’s founding and some of its most important moments and events. Beginning on the banks of Town Branch Creek, the documentary takes viewers on a sprawling historical journey that includes the Civil War, the Great Depression and World Wars, as well as the establishment of Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, and features Henry Clay, Mary Todd Lincoln and other notable figures in the city’s history. Narrated by actor and Lexington native Josh Hopkins. This original program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

A 2025 KET production.

10:30/9:30 pm Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day Hosted by lifestyle expert Sira Williams, explore the history, principles and symbols of Kwanzaa while celebrating the culinary

All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

traditions of West Africa, featuring dishes from Mali, Ghana and Nigeria.

10:30/9:30 pm The Hilltoppers The popular singing quartet that originated at Western Kentucky University in the 1950s is profiled. A 2016 KET production.

30 TUESDAY 8/7 pm Call the Midwife Holiday Special When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the young midwives are left to cope. Sister Julienne finds herself excited about the Order’s future.

10/9 pm Secrets of the Royal Palaces Royal Scandals The art scandal of the forged masterpieces in King Charles’ Dumfries House; the 1986 Charles and Diana vacation to Marivent Palace in Spain; a failed 2023 assassination attempt on Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle; a 2021 theft of valuable items from Buckingham Palace by a member of staff.

31 WEDNESDAY 8/7 pm Happiness Season 1, Episode Five Charlie’s impulsive vision disrupts Nicky’s schedule; tensions flare at Pizazz, leading to a frustrated Charlie revealing his true feelings.

1 THURSDAY 8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Did Grandma Lie? Find out if grandma lied about the family goods that include a 1900 Mark Twain letter, a ruby and diamond bracelet, and a Babe Ruth & Honus Wagner signed baseball.

10/9 pm Father Brown The Forensic Nun Father Brown investigates when his old friend Sister Boniface is implicated in the murder of a renowned artist.

2 FRIDAY 8/7 pm Doc Martin Season 10, Episode Two: One Night Only The Portwenn surgery is chaotic, with Martin and Louisa now practicing from it. Bert’s new business venture with Al isn’t off to a good start and Penhale suspects noise complaints are due to paranormal activity.

3 SATURDAY 8/7 pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip David Gower & Nick Hancock England cricket legend David Gower and TV presenter Nick Hancock’s friendship is put to the test when they search for collectibles to bring to an auction in Sidcup. Charlie Ross and Phil Serrell provide their assistance.

9/8 pm All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Season 5, Episode Five: Pair Bond Carmody gets an exciting opportunity, leaving Siegfried wondering whether he’s holding back his protege. Mrs. Hall must deal with an unlikely emergency in Darrowby. Siegfried and Carmody must pay attention to their romantic pursuits.

Antiques Roadshow – Did Grandma Lie?

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Aging Backwards 4 (2)/ YNDI Yoga (9,16,23,30)

6:30/5:30 Arthur

Sit and Be Fit

Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (9,16,23,30)

Easy Yoga for Arthritis Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr With Peggy Cappy (4)/ Wai Lana Yoga (11,18,25) Classical Stretch: By Sit and Be Fit Essentrics (11,18,25)

7:00/6:00 Molly of Denali

Molly of Denali

Molly of Denali

Molly of Denali

Molly of Denali

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Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Yoga in Practice

Arthur

Molly of Denali

Molly of Denali

Weather Hunters

Weather Hunters

7:30/6:30 Weather Hunters

Weather Hunters

Weather Hunters

Weather Hunters (3,10,17,31)/ Wild Kratts: A Creature Weather Hunters Christmas (24)

8:00/7:00 Wild Kratts

Wild Kratts

Wild Kratts

Wild Kratts (3,10,17,31)

Wild Kratts

Wild Kratts (5,19,26)/ Wild Wild Kratts (6,13,27)/ Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas Kratts: A Creature Christmas (12) (20)

8:30/7:30 Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector

Carl the Collector (5,19,26)

Carl the Collector (6,13,27)

9:00/8:00 Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

9:30/8:30 Work It Out Wombats!

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Work It Out Wombats!

10:00/9:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Work It Out Wombats!

Viewer's Choice (7)/ Firing

10:30/9:30 Line with Margaret Hoover Donkey Hodie

(14,21,28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ 11:00/10:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic (14,21,28)

11:30/10:30 Chavis Chronicles (14,21,28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ 12:00/11:00 Inside Louisville (14,21,28)

Work It Out Wombats!

Work It Out Wombats!

(3,10,17,31)/ Peg + Cat + Holidays (24)

Work It Out Wombats!

Work It Out Wombats!

Viewer's Choice (6)/ Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins (13,20,27)

Donkey Hodie

Donkey Hodie

Donkey Hodie

Donkey Hodie

The Best of The Joy of Painting (13,20,27)

Lyla in the Loop (4,11,18)/ The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot Lyla in the Loop About Christmas! (25) Xavier Riddle and the Secret Xavier Riddle and the Secret Xavier Riddle and the Secret Xavier Riddle and the Secret Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Museum Museum Museum (4,11,18) Museum Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific (4,11,18)/ Wild Kratts: A Pinkalicious & Peterrific Creature Christmas (25) Lyla in the Loop

Lyla in the Loop

from the LBJ Library with 12:30/11:30 Live Mark Updegrove (14,21,28) Elinor Wonders Why

Elinor Wonders Why

Lyla in the Loop

Elinor Wonders Why

Elinor Wonders Why (4,11,18) Elinor Wonders Why

Viewer's Choice (6)/ Fit 2 Stitch (13,20,27) Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting (13,20,27) Viewer's Choice (6)/ Garden Smart (13,20,27) This American Land (13,20,27)

1:00/12:00 Comment on Kentucky

Rosie's Rules (1,8,22,29)/ The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot Rosie's Rules About Christmas! (15)

Rosie's Rules (3,10,17,31)/ / The Rosie's Rules (4,11,18)/ Arthur's Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot Perfect Christmas (25) Rosie's Rules About Christmas! (24)

Viewer's Choice (6)/ Rick Steves' Europe (13,20,27)

1:30/12:30 Kentucky Health (14,21,28)

Alma's Way (1,8,22,29)

Alma's Way

Alma's Way (3,10,17,31)

Alma's Way (4,11,18)

Alma's Way

Samantha Brown's Places to Love (13,20,27)

Odd Squad

Odd Squad

Odd Squad (3,10,17,31)/ Arthur's Perfect Christmas (24)

Odd Squad

Arthur's Perfect Christmas (5,19)/ Odd Squad (12,26)

Viewer's Choice (6)/ Fresh Glass (13,20,27)

Arthur

Arthur (3,10,17,31)

Arthur

Arthur (12,26)

Pati's Mexican Table (13,20,27)

A Chef's Life (2)/ Fork & Hammer (9,16,23,30)

A Chef's Life (3)/ Fork & Hammer (10,17,24,31)

A Chef's Life (4)/ Fork & Hammer (11,18,25)

A Chef's Life (5)/ Fork & Hammer (12,19,26)

Viewer's Choice (6)/ Lidia’s Kitchen (3,20,27)

Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House

The Farmer & The Foodie (13,20,27

Viewer's Choice (7)/

(14,21,28)

Viewer's Choice (7)/ Jim

2:00/1:00 Host: Game Changer (14)/

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir (21)/ Arthur 2:30/1:30 Financial Planning for Seniors Call-In: A KET Forum (28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ A Chef's Life (1)/ Fork & Reality (14)/ The 3:00/2:00 Fleeting Caregiving Experience: A KET Hammer (8,15,22,29) Special Report (28)

3:30/2:30 Ball and Vase (21)

Ask This Old House

Muraling Austin (2)/ Your Seniority Authority's Secret to Muraling Austin (1)/ Austin (3)/ Olympia are Showing (9)/ Ted Muraling a Long and Happy Life (5)/ Louisville: 30 Years of Change Roots (10)/ In a Different Key (17)/ Ride (4)/ Cecil, The Real Lion Bassett: A Kentucky Shantyboat - Rediscovering a Viewer's Choice (6)/ (8)/ Skydiving Over Sixty Rick Steves European King (11)/ Nova (18)/ Viewer's Choice (7)/ Gentleman (16)/ Mary Berry's River Way of Life (12)/ Big America's Test Kitchen 4:00/3:00 Kentucky Life (14,21,28) (15)/ Downstream (22)/ Christmas (24)/ Animals with Kentucky Winter Solstice Highland Christmas (23)/ Ben Restored: The Grand (13,20,27) Animals with Cameras, A Cameras, A Nature Miniseries with Hancock & Shouse (25) Animals with Cameras, A Unveiling (19)/ Frank Lloyd Nature Miniseries (29) (31) Nature Miniseries (30) Wright's Boynton House (26) Becoming Thurgood: Social Architect (1)/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Mister Rogers: It's You I Cook's Country (13,20,27) Nova (4) Nature (5) 4:30/3:30 Kentucky Afield (14,21,28) America's European Christmas Markets The Fabric of America (2) Like (3) (8) 1955, Seven Days of Fall (10)/ Choice (7)/ This Nurse-Midwives: Addressing 5:00/4:00 OldViewer's the Maternal Health Crisis George Perris - The Most House (14,21,28) Finding Your Roots (9,16,23)/ (11)/ Holiday Nature (12,19)/ Viewer's Choice (6)/ The (15)/ Chef's Life Holiday Time of the Year Nova The Ideas that Wonderful Handbells: The Raleigh Breakthrough: The Ideas that Lawrence Welk Show Special (22)/ Breakthrough: Breakthrough: (24)/ Breakthrough: The Changed the World (30) Ringers (25) Changed the World (26) (13,20,27) 5:30/4:30 Ask This Old House (14,21,28) The Ideas that Changed the Ideas that Changed the World (29) World (31) Viewer's Choice (7)/ Last BBC News America BBC News America BBC News America BBC News America BBC News America 6:00/5:00 of the Summer Wine Viewer's Choice (6)/ (14,21,28) Antiques Roadshow (13,20,27) Keeping Up Appearances Kentucky Edition Kentucky Edition Kentucky Edition Kentucky Edition Kentucky Edition 6:30/5:30 (14,21,28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ Viewer's Choice (6)/ Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen 7:00/6:00 Secrets of the Royal Palaces (14,21,28) (13,20,27) PBS News Hour PBS News Hour PBS News Hour PBS News Hour PBS News Hour Rick Steves Art Bites The Red Green Show 7:30/6:30 (7:45) (14) (13,20,27)

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PBS KIDS Programming

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Viewer's Choice (7)/ Focus 6:00/5:00 on Europe (14,21,28) Amanpour and Company Story in the Public Square 6:30/5:30 (14,21,28)

Amanpour and Company

Amanpour and Company

Amanpour and Company

Amanpour and Company

Viewer's Choice (7)/ 7:00/6:00 Kentucky Health (14,21,28)

NHK Newsline

NHK Newsline

NHK Newsline

NHK Newsline

NHK Newsline

7:30/6:30 Wai Lana Yoga (14,21,28)

Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy (1)/ Sit and Sit and Be Fit Be Fit (8,15,22,29)

Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility (3)/ Sit and Be Fit (10,17,24,31)

Sit and Be Fit

Viewer's Choice (7)/

SATURDAY Viewer's Choice (6)/ Chavis Chronicles (13,20,27) Comment on Kentucky (13,20,27) Viewer's Choice (6)/ Washington Week with the Atlantic (13,20,27)

Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance (5)/ Sit Wai Lana Yoga (13,20,27) and Be Fit (12,19,26) Viewer's Choice (6)/ YNDI Yoga (12,29,26) Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (13,20,27)

8:00/7:00 Classical Stretch: By

Yoga in Practice (8,15,22,29)

Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Wai Lana Yoga (10,17,24,31)

Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

8:30/7:30 Garden Smart (14,21,28)

Workplace Essential Skills

Workplace Essential Skills

Workplace Essential Skills

Workplace Essential Skills

Workplace Essential Skills

Make48 (13,20,27)

Fresh Quilting

Quilt in a Day

Quilting Arts

Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay

Viewer's Choice (6)/ The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins (13,20,27)

Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

Fit 2 Stitch

Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

The Best of the Joy of Painting with Wilson Bickford Painting (13,20,27)

Essentrics (14,21,28)

Viewer's Choice (7)/ J Best of The Joy of 9:00/8:00 Schwanke's Life in Bloom The Painting (14,21,28) J Schwanke's Life in Bloom Downstream (21)/ Painting and Travel with 9:30/8:30 (14)/ Roadtrip Nation: Education's Roger & Sarah Bansemer Future (28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ Ireland with Michael 10:00/9:00 America the Bountiful (14,21,28)

France Made with Love (4)/ Rick Steves' Art of Europe Viewer's Choice (6)/ All Kentucky Life Table for All with Buki Elegbede Facing Waves (2)/ Joseph Rosendo's Across Oregon (13,20,27) (11,18)/ Fork & Hammer (25) Steppin' Out (9,16,23,30) Rick Steves' Europe Rick Steves European Feet with Mickela Samantha Brown's Places to In the Americas with David (3,10,17,31)/ Rick Steves' World's Greatest Cemeteries Christmas (5)/ Bare Feet with Travels with Darley (13,20,27) 10:30/9:30 Bare Mallozzi (14,21,28) Love Yetman (9,16,23,30) (11,18,25) European Christmas (24) Mickela Mallozzi (12,19,26) Cycle Around Japan Viewer's Choice (6)/ Travels with Darley Viewer's Choice (7)/ Rick Highlights (1,8,15,29)/ Journeys in Japan (3,10,117,31) People of the North (11,18,25) Wild Nevada (12,19,26) Weekends with Yankee 11:00/10:00 Steves' Europe (14,21,28) (9,16,23,30) Downstream (22) (13,20,27) Family Plot: Gardening in the Garden Smart (9,16,23,30) This American Land Changing Seas Museum Access (12,19,26) Garden Smart (13,20,27) 11:30/10:30 Changing Seas (14,21,28) Mid-South Sara's Weeknight Meals Viewer's Choice (7)/ Tim Family Recipe: Jewish Mary Berry's Ultimate Viewer's Choice (6)/ Cooks: Back to the Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen Christina Christmas (3)/ Jazzy America's Test Kitchen 12:00/11:00 Farmer's Country Kitchen American Style (1)/ Lidia's (2,9,16,30)/ Dooky Chase Cutting Board Kitchen: Leah's Legacy (23) Vegetarian (10,17,24,31) (14,21,28) Kitchen (8,15,22,29) (13,20,27)

12:30/11:30 Cook's Country (14,21,28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ In

1:00/12:00 Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs (14,21,28)

The Farmer & The Foodie (8,15,22,29)

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

America's Test Kitchen (8,15,22,29)

Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen America's Test Kitchen from Baking with Julia Cook's Illustrated (10,17,24,31)

Kimball's Milk 1:30/12:30 Pati's Mexican Table (14,21,28) Christopher Street Television Viewer's Choice (7)/ Last

Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Cook's Country

In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs

Pati's Mexican Table

Ken Burns: The National In Good Shape - The Health Your Fantastic Mind Parks (2)/ A Wider World Show (9,16,23,30) Table for All with Buki Joseph Rosendo's Steppin' Kentucky Life Elegbede (4,11,18)/ Fork & Out (9,16,23,30) Hammer (25)

2:00/1:00 of the Summer Wine

Kentucky Health

Up Appearances 2:30/1:30 Keeping (14,21,28)

France Made with Love (1)/ Ireland with Michael (8,15,22,29)

Choice (7)/ As 3:00/2:00 TimeViewer's Goes By (14,21,28)

Samantha Brown's Places to In the Americas with David Love (8,15,22,29) Yetman (9,16,23,30)

(14,21,28)

Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets (10,17,24,31)

Rick Steves' Europe (3,10,17,31)/ Rick Steves' European Christmas (24)

Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana

Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television (13,20,27)

Viewer's Choice (6)/ Sara's Weeknight Meals (13,27)/ Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah's Legacy (20) Kitchen Curious with Vivian To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Howard (13,20,27) Viewer's Choice (6)/ Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Healthful Indian Flavors with Borenstein Alamelu (13,20,27) Lidia's Kitchen

Facing Waves

Refresh Quest (5)/ Bare Feet World's Greatest Cemeteries with Mickela Mallozzi (12,19,26)

All Across Oregon (13,20,27) Viewer's Choice (6)/ Travels with Darley (13,20,27)

In Tokyo (8,15,29)/ 3:30/2:30 Still Open All Hours (14,21,28) Dive Downstream (22)

Travels with Darley (9,16,23,30)

Journeys in Japan (3,10,17,31) People of the North

Wild Nevada

Weekends with Yankee (13,20,27)

4:00/3:00

The American Woodshop

This Old House

Fork & Hammer

Woodsmith Shop

This Old House

Home Diagnosis

Ask This Old House

Garage with Steve Butler

Kentucky Afield

Ask This Old House

Viewer's Choice (6)/ MotorWeek (13,20,27) Reconnecting Roots (13,20,27)

Lidia's Kitchen

Sara's Weeknight Meals (2,9,16,30)/ Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah's Legacy (23)

Jazzy Vegetarian

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets

4:30/3:30

Viewer's Choice (7)/ Doc Martin (14,21,28)

5:00/4:00 PBS News Weekend Viewer's Choice (7)/

5:30/4:30 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack The Farmer & The Foodie

(14,21,28) Viewer's Choice (7)/ Laura America's Test Kitchen 6:00/5:00 Flanders & Friends (14,21,28)

the Contrary with Bonnie Christopher Kimball's Milk 6:30/5:30 To Erbe (14,21,28) Street Television Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas (1)/ Inside 7:00/6:00 Viewer's Choice (7)/ Nova Louisville (8,15,22,29) (14,21,28)

Education

Travel/Nature

Test Kitchen from Baking with Julia (11,18,25) Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen America's Cook's Illustrated

Lidia's Kitchen (12,29,26)

Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pepin (2)/ Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul (9,16,23,30)

Cook's Country

Relish

Father Brown (9,16,23,30)

Rick Steves' European Christmas (3)/ Real Rail Rogers: It's You I Adventures (10,17)/ Magic of LikeMister (4)/ Start Up (11,18,25) Christmas in Alsace (24)/ Rick Steves' Best of the Alps (31) European Christmas Markets The Red Green Show (24) (11,18,25)

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove (8,15,22,29)

7:30/6:30 Arts/Crafts

Green/Garden

Cooking

Family Recipe: Jewish Cooking with Legends: Lidia American Style (4)/ Kitchen Bastianich & Jacques Pepin PBS News Weekend Curious with Vivian Howard (5)/ Christina Cooks: Back to (11,18,25) the Cutting Board (12,19,26) Viewer's Choice (6)/ In Julia's Kitchen with Master Kevin Belton's Cookin' School of Greatness with Chefs (11,18,25) Louisiana (12,19,26) Lewis Howes (13,20,27)

Current Affairs

Exercise/Health

Wood/Home/Auto

Pati's Mexican Table

Kentucky

Entertainment

Viewer's Choice (6)/ The Lawrence Welk Show (13,20,27)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Viewer's Choice (6)/ Fabric of America (5)/ Finding Classic Gospel (13,20,27) Your Roots (12,19,26)

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H Lexington: 250 Years Premiere Guests recently helped KET celebrate the premiere of KET's Lexington: 250 Years at The Kentucky Theatre.

Following a reception, Nick Nicholson, chair of the Commonwealth for KET board, and KET Executive Director and CEO Shae Hopkins welcomed more than 600 people to the screening. Hopkins stated, “this was an ambitious undertaking, and we are looking forward to sharing it with viewers across the Commonwealth and contributing this historical perspective to the celebration of Lexington’s semi-quincentennial anniversary.”

Spurlock Celebrates 40 Years of Service

Visions will have a new look!

Beginning in January, Visions will have a new look and more compact format. It will still provide the program information you need and other highlights, while helping reduce the expense to KET. The new format should also result in more timely mail processing and hopefully delivery to you - an issue that we know has been frustrating for you and for us. Although we’ve been told this should help, KET’s non-profit mail class will still come with the lowest postal delivery priority for the USPS.

KET Friends Member Elsa Spurlock of London, Kentucky celebrates 40 years of dedicated volunteer service in 2025. Joining the board in 1981, Spurlock served as President from 2001-2002. She was the O. Leonard Press Award recipient in 2004 for volunteer service. We thank Elsa for her years of support on behalf of KET! 27th Annual Louisville Gala FEB RUA RY FA NFARE

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The Best

Holiday Cookies

I N G R ED I E N T S:

I N ST R U C T I ON S:

COOK IE S

COOK IE S

I CUP BUTTER

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well.

2 CUPS SUGAR

Add baking soda to buttermilk. Stir.

½ CUP BUTTERMILK

Add flour and nutmeg alternatively with the buttermilk and soda.

3 EGGS WELL BEATEN 1¼ TEASPOONS BAKING SODA ½ TEASPOON FRESHLY GRATED NUTMEG (WHOLE NUTMEGS ARE GRATED ON A LEMON RIND GRATER) 4 CUPS SIFTED FLOUR F ROSTING

3 CUPS SIFTED CONFECTIONERS SUGAR ¼ CUP MELTED BUTTER 4 TABLESPOONS CREAM

Mix all ingredients well.

Chill dough wrapped in cling wrap for a few hours (overnight is best) and roll to just less than 1/4 inch thick.

Cut into shapes.

Place on a well greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart and bake at 375° F. for 8 to 10 minutes.

F ROSTING

Add butter to the sugar and cream together.

Add cream and beat well to form a smooth frosting.

Ice cookies once cool and decorate.

More recipes at KET.org/Farmer&Foodie

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HOLIDAY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Monday, Dec. 15 • 9/8 PM

American Masters “Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around” Tuesday, Dec. 23 • 8/7 PM The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come Tuesday, December 23 • 9/8 PM

European Christmas Markets Monday, Dec. 15 • 10:30/9:30 PM Great Performances ‘Nutcracker from English National Ballet’ Tuesday, Dec. 16 • 8/7 PM

Rick Steves European Christmas Wednesday, December 24 • 4/3 PM George Perris - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Wednesday, December 24 • 5/4 PM

Kentucky Life Saturday, Dec. 20 • 8/7 PM

“Home Christmas Displays, The Spirit of Christmas Past in Kentucky, Little Town of Bethlehem (KY), Old Christmas in Appalachia”

A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Monday, Dec. 22 • 5/4 PM

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Wednesday, December 24 • 8/7 PM Ball and Vase Wednesday, December 24 • 9:30/8:30 PM

A Celebration of Hanukkah Monday, Dec. 22 • 8/7 PM

A Southern Celtic Christmas Concert Wednesday, December 24 • 10/9 PM

Holidays at Murray State 2025 Monday, Dec. 22 • 9/8 PM

Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers Wednesday, December 25 • 5/4 PM

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Monday, Dec. 22 • 10/9 PM

Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025 Wednesday, Dec. 25 • 8/7 PM & 10/9 PM

Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 23 • 4/3 PM

All airings on KET

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

A Celebration of Hanukkah Rick Steves European Christmas

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come

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Great Performances ‘Nutcracker from English National Ballet’

Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025

Kentucky Authority for Educational Television Chair: Robert M. Beck, Lexington • Vice Chair: Dan Griffith, Owensboro • Secretary: Leah Adkins, Catlettsburg • Executive Committee at Large: Karyn Hoover, Jamestown; and Kevin Weaver, Lexington • David Couch, Frankfort • Jay Mehta, Murray • Kerri Richardson, Louisville • Dr. Robbie Fletcher, Kentucky Commissioner of Education (ex officio) KET Foundation Inc. Members of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television • Rebecca Rose, Morgantown (Friends of KET representative) • Shae Hopkins, KET Executive Director (Treasurer) Friends of KET Executive Committee President: Ben Talley, Hopkinsville • President-Elect: Jeff Tate, Irvine • Secretary: Jamie Collins, Lebanon • Vice Presidents: Kathy Bodine, Murray; A. Dale Josey, Louisville • Past President: Elizabeth Griffith Mudd, Benton • Nominating Chair: Carol Beirne, Covington Commonwealth Fund for KET Inc. Chair: Nick Nicholson, Lexington • Vice Chair: John S. Domaschko, Covington • Secretary: Kimberly D. Patton, Hebron • Treasurer: William J. Jones, Paducah • Executive Committee at Large: Mira S. Ball, Lexington • D.R. Ball, Lexington • Robert M. Beck, Lexington • Donovan Blackburn, Pikeville • Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, Louisville • G. Dan Griffith, Owensboro • Shae Hopkins, KET Executive Director • Alice Houston, Louisville • Sean Mestan, Princeton • Michael Owsley, Bowling Green • Hilma Prather, Somerset • Melanie Simpson-Conley, Lexington • William T. Young Jr., Lexington Greater Louisville Regional Fund Board Chair: Wayne F. Wilson, Louisville • Vice Chair: Toni Clem, Louisville • Tonja Aaron-Wells, Clarksville, IN • John Bevington, Louisville • Lucy Dalton, Louisville • Charles W. Dobbins, Jr., Louisville • Lee Dulaney Louisville • Sherry M. Feldpausch, Louisville • Will Hobson, Louisville • Barbara Juckett, Louisville • Steve Kerrick, Louisville • Mary Littrell, Louisville • Lindsay Moremen, Louisville • Becky Shaw, Louisville • Mary Hilliard Wilson, Louisville Northern Kentucky Regional Fund Board Chair: Jim Uebel, Florence • Ben D. Barlage, Cincinnati, OH • Carol Beirne, Fort Mitchell • Laura Chillo, Florence • Eric Gentry, Florence • Trey Grayson, Walton • Ned Kelly, Newport • Sarah Clay Leyshock, Ft. Thomas • Ashley Norton, Cincinnati, OH • Kimberly D. Patton, Hebron • Robert Rich, Cincinnati, OH • Jeanne Schroer, Covington • Cathy Stickels, Crestview Hills • Diane C. Wachs, Covington • Janice Way, Frankfort • Emily Wherle, Cincinnati, OH

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For information on giving via stock, donor advised funds, or qualified charitable contributions from your IRA or personal retirement account, contact Kacie Miller at 859-258-7206 or kmiller@ket.org.

To ensure your gift is processed in time to receive tax credit for the 2025 calendar year, please make your donation to KET by Monday, December 15.

VISIONS/ Volume XLVIII, Number 12 Visions is a membership benefit published monthly by KET, with funds from the KET Foundation Inc., 600 Cooper Drive, Lexington, KY, 405022296, (859) 258-7000. It is sent to active members of KET.

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This Christmas, the Tabernacle Choir joins Tony Award®-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and Hollywood veteran Dennis Haysbert in an all-ages holiday spectacular, featuring a 360-member choir and 150-member orchestra, renowned guest artists, and narrators.

KET Monday, Dec. 15 • 9/8 pm