THE FINAL CHAPTER
In the final season, we return to Grantchester in the summer of 1963, and each character is standing at a crossroads that will shape their future. Alphy’s growing connection with the bishop’s daughter, Meg, coincides with more discoveries about his past and the life he might have lived. Geordie enjoys a period of relative calm with Cathy and their family, but a tempting offer from his commanding officer threatens to upend everything. Leonard, too, faces quiet yet profound change as caring for a neighbor’s son awakens a paternal side he never knew existed. With themes of family, forgiveness, faith and introspection, Grantchester’s last chapter promises self-discovery, hope and transformation.
Grantchester
KET Sundays, beginning June 14 • 9/8 pm
KET2 Wednesdays, beginning June 17 • 8/7 pm
In this second season, criminal archivist Patience Evans’ world changes when her unique talent is spotted by DI Bea Metcalf. This series continues to address how neurodivergence is portrayed in the media.
Patience KET Sundays, beginning June 14 • 8/7 pm
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Lexington: 250 Years
KET Tuesday, June 2 • 8/7 pm
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.
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American Experience: George H.W. Bush
KET Fridays, June 19 & 26 • 9/8 pm
Examine the life and career of our often overlooked 41st president, from his service in WWII and his early career in Texas to his days in the Oval Office, first as vice president to Ronald Reagan, then as the leader who presided over the first Gulf War.
Sundays, beginning June 7 • 2/1 pm
Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win a war to secure their independence and establish a new form of government. What begins as a political clash grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world.
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Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War
KET Monday, June 29 • 10/9 pm
This powerful documentary uncovers the stories of four Black Americans who pursued freedom, citizenship and belonging during the American Revolution, illuminating realities of enslaved and free Black people in early America.
KET
The American Revolution
1 MONDAY
9/8 pm Dreamers & Doers: Voices of Kentucky Women A film inspired by women in the Commonwealth who boldly opened doors in politics, science, education, entertainment, literature, athletics, religion and the military.
10/9 pm The KET Story This film explores KET’s beginnings and 50 years of service as Kentucky’s only statewide educational broadcasting network. In the 1950s and 60s, KET founder O. Leonard Press saw the potential of television to provide equitable access to high-quality instruction in schools throughout the Commonwealth. Learn about KET’s history and its commitment to education and Kentucky programming.
2 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Lexington: 250 Years
The film chronicles the Kentucky city’s founding and some of its most important moments and events. Narrated by actor and Lexington native Josh Hopkins.
10:30/9:30 pm The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia A historical documentary tells the story of pack horse librarians – women hired by the Franklin Roosevelt’s Work Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression to travel on horseback to deliver library books and magazines to people in Eastern Kentucky, braving creeks, mountains and inclement weather along the way.
3 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky’s Secret Gardens Visit a variety of unique private gardens – both large and small, rural and urban – throughout
the state, including the Louisville garden of the late mystery writer Sue Grafton.
9:30/8:30 pm City of Ali On the day of Muhammad Ali’s funeral procession, more than 100,000 people lined the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate his life, and an estimated one billion people worldwide tuned in to events including Ali’s memorial.
4 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour
3 New Nashville appraisals include a Marilyn Monroe signed autograph, 1986-1987 Michael Jordan basketball cards & sticker, and a Tiffany & Co. diamond & sapphire bracelet.
5 FRIDAY
9/8 pm Exile: Live in Concert
This live concert film, recorded in Nov. 2023 at the historic Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, celebrates the 60th anniversary of one of the longestrunning American bands, Exile. It features the band’s biggest hits, including “Kiss You All Over” and more.
10/9 pm Kentucky Muse Merle Travis: Guitar Man Raised in the Western Kentucky coalfields during the Great Depression, songwriter and guitarist Merle Travis grew to worldwide stardom by the 1940s and 1950s. His classics include “Sixteen Tons,” “Nine Pound Hammer” and “Dark as a Dungeon” – which drew inspiration from the struggles of coal miners. He is also celebrated as the developer of a unique thumbpicking guitar-playing style eventually dubbed “Travis pickin.’”
6 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life Repurposing Railroads, Farmington Historic Home, A Shire of Our Own Kentucky communities are looking to repurpose old railroad tracks in a variety of innovative and entertaining ways; Farmington Historic Home has over 200 years of history to tell; and did J.R.R. Tolkien find inspiration for the Shire in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings from what he heard about Kentucky?
9/8 pm Movie Classics My Week with Marilyn Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). Starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne and Kenneth Branagh (2011).
7 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode One Join the experts preparing to reconstruct the wedding that changed history. They investigate the stories behind the dress, food and music.
9/8 pm Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode Two Witness the most accurate reconstruction of Victoria and Albert’s wedding ever staged, followed by a sumptuous wedding breakfast, a prelude to the first night that began a marriage so iconic it heralded constitutional monarchy as we know it today.
8 MONDAY
9/8 pm Thoroughbred: Born to Run A fascinating look at the world of thoroughbred horses through the eyes of the people who breed, race, sell and love them.
Lexington: 250 Years Exile:
Live in Concert
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.
9 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Finding Your Roots
American Dreams America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots - meeting revolutionaries in Honduras, a Dutchman who helped build New York, and a young woman from the Philippines who made an incredible journey.
9/8 pm Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation: American Experience Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the concert that became a touchstone for a generation.
10 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Nature Museum Alive with David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough explores London’s Natural History Museum and meets creatures from the past, brought to life by CGI, including a giant eagle and a colossal snake.
9/8 pm NOVA Alaskan Dinosaurs Wielding chainsaws to extract fossils frozen into the permafrost and flying drones to map thousands of footprints, intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the Arctic Circle.
10/9 pm Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones Bones found in the basement of Benjamin Franklin’s British residence were used for the purposes of an illegal anatomy school that helped shaped modern medicine.
11 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Never Seen That Before! Incredible finds include a Michelin Bibendum ad figure, a WWI surgical kit and a 19th-century southern basket.
12 FRIDAY
9:30/8:30 pm American Masters Janis Ian: Breaking Silence Examine the life of trailblazing artist Janis Ian, from her early success with “Society’s Child” to her later struggles. The film explores Ian’s artistic journey, including hits “At Seventeen” and “Stars” and interviews with other artists.
13 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life Forgotten Veterans, Scary Good: The Heart Behind the Horror, Fort Boonesborough, Lexington’s Public Square A Western Kentucky couple works to identify unclaimed remains of veterans at funeral homes so they can be buried with full military honors; meet filmmakers who share more than just a passion for jump scares and bloodthirsty monsters; Chip visits Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky’s earliest American settlement and more.
9/8 pm Movie Classics
Spaceballs A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs. Starring Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga, Rick Moranis, John Candy and Bill Pullman (1987).
11/10 pm Austin City Limits Norah Jones/Hurray for the Riff Raff Norah Jones dazzles with highlights from her latest LP Visions and Hurray for the Riff Raff thrills with standouts from The Past Is Still Alive.
14 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Patience Season 2, Episode One: Vampire When a famous photographer is found dead with a stake through his heart and his body drained of blood, Patience and DI Frankie Monroe seek a logical answer to the vampire-like mystery.
9/8 pm Grantchester on Masterpiece Season 11, Episode One Alphy’s drive-in fundraiser turns deadly when sponsor Bert Mills is found murdered, and multiple suspects confess.
15 MONDAY
9/8 pm Walter Tevis: A Writer’s Gambit Explore the complex life and brilliant career of Kentucky writer Walter Tevis. His novels The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Color of Money were all adapted into major motion pictures, and The Queen’s Gambit has become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed television series of the past decade.
10/9 pm The Last Twins Erno “Zvi” Spiegel risked everything to save dozens of young twins from almost certain death at Auschwitz. Under the shadow of Dr. Josef Mengele’s horrific experiments, Erno used his courage, compassion and ingenuity to shield the most vulnerable targeted for brutal medical experimentation.
Thoroughbred: Born to Run
Walter Tevis: A Writer’s Gambit
16 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Finding Your Roots Great Migrations Rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.
9/8 pm Becoming Katharine Graham Explore the life and career of Katharine Graham, a painfully shy woman who evolved from a selfproclaimed “doormat wife” into one of the most powerful newspaper publishers of the 20th century at The Washington Post.
17 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Nature Wildheart The Scots pine tree, one of the world’s longest living species, serves as a witness to a Highland landscape that has changed beyond recognition over the past 500 years.
9/8 pm NOVA Secrets of the Forest Scientists gather data on how forests work and try to figure out how they can help tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.
10/9 pm The Kimberley: Australia’s Wild West River of Life Follow wallabies, koolamana lizards and crocodile hatchlings as they face the wild river’s dangers and discover the true power of this waterway.
18 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hour 1 Finds include a 1976 Marvel UK Super Spider-Man #175 cover art, a 1926 Rogers Hornsby sterling trophy and Winslow Homer watercolors.
10/9 pm Father Brown The Numbers of the Beast Mrs. McCarthy
strikes it lucky at the church bingo with the help of a Romani fortuneteller.
19 FRIDAY
9/8 pm George H.W. Bush: American Experience George H.W. Bush - Part 1 Look back at the life and career of our 41st president, from his service in World War II and his early career in Texas to his days in the Oval Office.
20 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life
Mountain Dulcimer, Verna Mae Slone, Kentucky Is Cave Country Learn about the history of the mountain dulcimer and its origins in Hindman, Kentucky; Verna Mae Slone led the charge for cultural preservation through Eastern Kentucky; and beneath Kentucky’s rolling hills lies a vast and fragile world of caves and karst systems.
9/8 pm Movie Classics His Girl Friday A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying an insurance agent. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy star (1940).
11/10 pm Austin City Limits
Kacey Musgraves Multiple Grammywinning artist Kacey Musgraves showcases a new collection of songs from Deeper Well and career highlights.
21 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Patience Season 2, Episode Two: Music in the Minster A music student is found dead. When her professor also dies suddenly, Patience races to unravel the mystery – until her investigation culminates in a showdown at York Minster that exposes the most unlikely killer.
9/8 pm Grantchester on Masterpiece Season 11, Episode Two Rivalry turns deadly when a Cambridge quiz team member is found dead and Alphy’s Bible turns up at the scene.
10/9 pm Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Season 2 - Part Two Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas in charge.
22 MONDAY
9/8 pm A History of Kentucky in 25 Objects The history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is revealed through various objects including a stone axe, a Civil War surgeon’s saw, a coal miner’s cap, Colonel Harland Sanders’ first pressure cooker and other items.
10/9 pm Independent Lens Assembly Artist Rashaad Newsome prepares to showcase a groundbreaking exhibit at New York’s Park Avenue Armory which honors Black and queer resistance and calls for a more liberated future.
23 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Finding Your Roots The Ties That Bind Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard learn about their family histories, which include stories of soldiers, settlers and criminals.
9/8 pm Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution The Break Up Lucy Worsley investigates the tensions and turning points that led to America’s declaration of independence from Britain in 1776.
24 WEDNESDAY
8/7 pm Nature American Horses Follow the history of the uniquely American horse breeds that helped
NOVA – Secrets of the Forest Downton Abbey on Masterpiece
shape our nation and meet the people who continue the tradition of caring for them.
9/8 pm NOVA Ancient Desert Death Trap Archaeologists investigate strange Stone Age megastructures in the Arabian desert, built by a mysterious people 9000 years ago.
10/9 pm The Kimberley: Australia’s Wild West Tidal Territory Battling for dominion over the river with crocs; catching glimpses of an ultra-rare mangrove snake and an endangered nabarlek wallaby; humpback whale mothers raise their calves in the ocean; false killer whales.
25 THURSDAY
8/7 pm Antiques Roadshow Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hour 3 Finds at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art include an 1857 Queen’s Cup ascot race trophy, a 1956 Curta calculator type II, and an Art Deco sapphire & platinum ring.
9/8 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.
10/9 pm Father Brown The River Corrupted Sid returns to Kembleford to ask his old family to help save his new one.
26 FRIDAY
9/8 pm George H.W. Bush: American Experience George H.W. Bush - Part 2 Examine the life and career of the 41st president. Bush’s diaries and interviews with his closest advisers also explore his role as the patriarch
of a political family whose influence resonates in modern American life.
10:30/9:30 pm The Harrodsburg Legacy: 250 Years in the Making Discover Harrodsburg, Kentucky, officially founded on June 16, 1774, with a rich history that predates its founding. Explore the stunning landscapes, exquisite architecture, vibrant singing and dancing, and much more in this remarkable Kentucky community.
27 SATURDAY
8/7 pm Kentucky Life Disco Balls, Sadie Price: Bowling Green’s Victorian Pioneer, The Gateway to Kentucky, Transylvania University Explore the manufacturing history of the disco ball in Louisville and meet a local artist who is keeping the tradition alive; Sarah Frances Price was a botanist and scientific illustrator from Bowling Green who paved the way for future generations of curious minds; Chip visits the Cumberland Gap; and Transylvania University was instrumental in the growth of Lexington, as well as the University of Kentucky.
9/8 pm Movie Classics
Father of the Bride When Kay Banks announces her engagement, her doting middle-class father must contend with a variety of problems. Starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Bennett (1950).
11/10 pm Austin City Limits
Juanes Colombian musician Juanes performs a career-spanning set that includes songs from Vida Cotidiana.
28 SUNDAY
8/7 pm Patience Season 2, Episode Three: The Magpie A lawyer is shot dead in a packed boardroom, but no one saw the killer. A dead magpie
at the scene leads Patience and Frankie into a magical tangle of lies.
10/9 pm Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Season 2 - Part Three Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen. Matthew and William embark on a perilous patrol behind German lines.
29 MONDAY
9/8 pm The Legacy of Black Horsemen Explore the stories and contributions of Black jockeys, trainers, owners, grooms and exercise riders in the 1800s who persevered through enslavement, the outbreak of the Civil War, segregation and Jim Crow laws and were instrumental in laying the foundation of the Thoroughbred industry in America.
10/9 pm Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War The documentary uncovers the stories of Black Americans who believed, exercised and fought for the tenets of democracy during and after the American Revolution.
30 TUESDAY
8/7 pm Finding Your Roots
Secret Lives Comics Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash see family mysteries solved by DNA.
9/8 pm Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution A Messy Divorce Lucy Worsley investigates how the American Revolution affected Britain, with sabotage, espionage and political unrest reshaping the empire.
Movie Classics – Father of the Bride The Legacy of Black Horsemen
& Doers: Voices of
Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 3 Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
Tango in
Secret Gardens
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Miss Austen on Masterpiece: Season 1, Episode Three
Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 3
This Old House: Asheville Ask This Old House
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week
Doc Martin: Season 9, Episode Seven: Single White Bevy
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford
Victoria & Albert: The Wedding: Episode One
Season 4, Episode Four:
of Ali
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 1, Part Three
Doc Martin: Season 9, Episode Seven: Single White Bevy
Fighting for Lincoln: The Wide Awakes
Exile: Live in Concert
PBS Arts Talk: Rhiannon Giddens Kentucky Edition
Father Brown: The Wisdom of the Fool BBC News
Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Muse: Merle Travis: Guitar Man BBC News
Movie Classics: Father of the Bride (1950)
Variety Studio (10:33)
Kentucky Edition
Movie Classics: My Week with Marilyn Austin City Limits
Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By Still Open All Hours The Puzzle Lady: Season 1, Ep. Six
Victoria & Albert: The Wedding: Episode Two
American Experience: Reagan – Lifeguard
Kentucky Tonight
Antiques Roadshow: Never Seen That Before!
Thoroughbred: Born to Run
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 1, Part Four
Big Pacific: Behind the Scenes History Detectives
Kentucky by Design BBC News
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer Alan Carr’s Adventures with Agatha Christie: Miss Marple
Kentucky Edition
Finding Your Roots: American Dreams Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation: American Experience BBC News
Last Tango in Halifax: Season 5, Episode One
Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough
Miss Austen on Masterpiece: Season 1, Episode Four
Antiques Roadshow: Never Seen That Before!
This Old House: Asheville Ask This Old House
Astrid: Season 4, Episode Five: Madman’s Sacrifice
NOVA: Alaskan Dinosaurs
Broadchurch: Season 1, Episode Two
Secrets of the Dead: Ben Franklin’s Bones
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 1, Part Four
Doc Martin: Season 9, Episode Eight: Licence to Practice
PBS Arts Talk: Henry Winkler
Father Brown: The Folly of Jephthah
Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week with the Atlantic American Masters: Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Doc Martin: Season 9, Episode Eight: Licence to Practice
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Natasha Kaplinski and Michael Buerk
Patience: Season 2, Episode One: Vampire
Movie Classics: His Girl Friday
Movie Classics: Spaceballs
Variety Studio (10:32)
Kentucky Edition
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Kentucky Edition
Austin City Limits: Norah Jones
Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By Still Open All Hours Sherlock on Masterpiece
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 11, Episode One
American Experience: Reagan – An American Crusade
Kentucky Tonight
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 2, Part One
Human Footprint: Strangers in Paradise History Detectives
Walter Tevis: A Writer’s Gambit The Last Twins
Antiques Roadshow: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hour 1 Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Finding Your Roots: Great Migrations Becoming Katharine Graham
Last Tango in Halifax: Season 5, Episode Two
Astrid: Season 4, Episode Six: Time Traveler
Alan Carr’s Adventures with Agatha Christie: Poirot
Broadchurch: Season 1, Episode Three
Kentucky Edition
BBC News
Kentucky Edition
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 11, Episode One
Martin: Season 10, Episode One: I Will Survive
Beast BBC News
This Old House: Asheville Ask This Old House City of Ali Sandford Duncan Inn
Experience: George H.W. Bush - Part 1
Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode One: I Will Survive Movie Classics: My Week with Marilyn
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield
Movie Classics: His Girl Friday
Variety Studio (10:32)
Austin City Limits: Kacey Musgraves
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Baroness Oona King and Dame Jenni Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By Still Open All Hours Sherlock on Masterpiece
Patience: Season 2, Episode Two: Music in the Minster
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 11, Episode Two
American Experience: George H.W. Bush - Part 1
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 2, Part Two
Halifax: Retribution: Ep. 1
Human Footprint: Top Predator History Detectives
Kentucky Tonight A History of Kentucky in 25 Objects Independent Lens: Assembly BBC News
Antiques Roadshow: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hour 3
Charley Pride: I’m Just Me
Becoming American: Philadelphia’s Story Kentucky Edition
Finding Your Roots: The Ties That Bind Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution: The Break Up Frontline BBC News
Last Tango in Halifax: Season 5, Episode Three
Nature: American Horses
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 11, Episode Two
Antiques Roadshow: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hour 3
Astrid: Season 4, Episode Seven: The Ankou Broadchurch: Season 1, Episode Four Kentucky Edition
NOVA: Ancient Desert Death Trap The Kimberley: Australia’s Wild West: Tidal Territory BBC News
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 2, Part Two
Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode Two: One Night Only
This Old House: Asheville Ask This Old House Lexington: 250 Years: 1775-1878
Comment on Kentucky Washington Week
Doc Martin: Season 10, Episode Two: One Night Only
Kentucky Life Kentucky Afield
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Phil Hammond and Maria McErlane
Patience: Season 2, Episode Three: The Magpie
Victoria & Albert: The Wedding: Episode One Kentucky Edition
Father Brown: The River Corrupted BBC News
Crossroads of a Nation: Missouri’s Indelible Role in American History Kentucky Edition
American Experience: George H.W. Bush - Part 2
The Harrodsburg Legacy: 250 Years
BBC News
Movie Classics: Spaceballs Kentucky Edition
Movie Classics: Father of the Bride (1950)
Variety Studio (10:33)
Last of the Summer Wine Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By Still Open All Hours
Grantchester on Masterpiece: Season 11, Episode Three
American Experience: George H.W. Bush - Part 2 Smoketown
Kentucky Tonight
Antiques Roadshow: 250 Years of Americana
Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives
Last Tango in Halifax: Season 5, Episode Four
The Legacy of Black Horsemen
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 2, Part Three
Austin City Limits: Juanes
Halifax: Retribution Ep. 1
Halifax: Retribution Ep. 2
Human Footprint: Man’s Best Friend History Detectives
Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War BBC News
Amerigo: The Search for the American Dream
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution: A Messy Divorce Frontline
The Harrodsburg Legacy: 250 Years
Kentucky Edition
BBC News
Astrid: Season 4, Episode Eight: Guilty Broadchurch: Season 1, Episode Five
Kentucky Edition
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Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains (4)/ Walkable USA (11)/ Lincoln School Story (18)/ Settlement Schools of Appalachia (25)
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Join KET in celebrating America’s 250th birthday at free screening events featuring Ken Burns’ The American Revolution. Each screening will be followed by a panel discussion with historians and community leaders. Find more information on these events at KET.org/Events.
KENTUCKY HISTORY DAY
Saturday, June 6, 11:30 am- 1 pm
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History Brown Forman Room • 100 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601 Register at history.ky.gov
Monday, June 8, 5-8 pm
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202 Register at KET.org/Event/America-250
2,500 for the 250th New Sustainer Challenge
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, KET has set a goal of securing 2,500 new monthly Sustaining donors before July 4, 2026. This effort is building on the trust of We the People – the public in public television – who have stepped up in the face of federal funding cuts.
Please consider converting your one-time annual gift to an ongoing monthly Sustaining donation at KET.org/Join2500.
When we reach our 2,500 new Sustainer goal, an anonymous donor will contribute an additional $10,000 to KET!
Student-led
KET Education was on hand for the 2026 STLP State Championship at Rupp Arena in April for a day filled with hands-on activities, innovation, recognition and even a live taping of News Quiz
The Pack Horse Librarians
Learn the incredible story of pack horse librarianswomen hired by the Franklin Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression to travel on horseback to deliver library books and magazines to people in Eastern Kentucky, braving creeks, mountains and inclement weather along the way.
KET Tuesday, June 2 • 10:34/9:34 pm
City of Ali
Explore Muhammad Ali's lifelong relationship with his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and the great coming together at his funeral service in 2016. Ali, heralded as “the greatest athlete of the 20th century,” inspired the world with his humanitarian work and his fight against racial injustice.
KET Wednesday, June 3 • 9:30/8:30 pm
Walter Tevis: A Writer’s Gambit
Explore the complex life and brilliant career of Kentucky writer Walter Tevis. His novels, including The Hustler, The Color of Money and the Queen's Gambit have been adapted for movies and TV.
KET Monday, June 15 • 9/8 pm
We appreciate our corporate partners and their support this year through program underwriting. Please say “Thank you for supporting KET” when you visit any of these businesses:
Affirm Cares
Alltech, Inc.
America250KY
American Quilter’s Society
ARH Foundation for Healthier Communities
Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky
Ball Homes
Bank of the Bluegrass & Trust Co.
Berea College
Best Western Hotels & Resorts of Kentucky
Blue Grass Community Foundation / Press
Forward Blue Grass
Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau
Boyle County Performing Arts Center
Brown-Forman
Central Bank & Trust Co.
Central Bank Center/Lexington Opera House
Central Bank/Rupp Arena
City of Bowling Green
City of Somerset
Clay Ingels Company
Day Spring
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Kentucky University Center for the Arts
Frontier Nursing University
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts
Gray
Heaven Hill
Honor Flight Kentucky
The Josephine Ardery Foundation
Kentucky American Water
Kentucky Artisan Center
Kentucky Blood Center
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
Kentucky CancerLink
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
Kentucky Center For Mathematics
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Kentucky Education Association
Kentucky Education Savings Plan Trust
Kentucky Farm Bureau
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Lottery
Kentucky Medical Association
Kentucky Nurses Association
Kentucky Performing Arts
Kentucky Propane Education and Research
Council
Kentucky Proud
Kentucky REALTORS®
Kentucky State Parks
Kentucky Thoroughbred Association
Kinetic
KHEAA / KHESLC
Kosair for Kids
The Lane Report
Leadership Kentucky
Lexmark
Lifeline HomeCare
LifeWorks For Autism
Lift a Life Foundation
Lincoln Hills
Live Nation/Louisville Palace
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
The Marilyn and William Young Charitable Foundation
Mental Health America of Kentucky
Norton Center for the Arts – Centre College
OneQuest Health
Owen LaRue Financial Group
Owensboro Health
Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau
PNC
Rose Camenisch Stewart Mains PLLC
Saint Joseph Health, a member of CommonSpirit
Sew-A-Lot
Somerset Community College
Stantec
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Toyota Kentucky
UK HealthCare
UK Markey Cancer Foundation
US Bank Foundation
Wiebold Studios
Willett Distillery
World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Indiana
KET Tuesday, June 30 • 8/7 pm
