TV Schedules

In Frame: The Man Behind the Museum Hotel

In 2006, art collector and entrepreneur Steve Wilson opened the first 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Ky. Follow him as he builds his latest Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C., navigating a maze of art fairs and construction sites to bring his artistic vision to life. A 2017 Production.

Bluegrass and Backroads

Vex World Championships; Basilica of the Assumption; KDA Initiative; Bluegrass Museum

Visit the Vex World Championships, Basilica of the Assumption, the KDA Hunger Initiative, and the Bluegrass Museum. A 2018 Production.

Kentucky Time Capsule

Knee High to a Sculpture

In the early 1970s-before she became a playwright and won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award-Marsha Norman worked in her hometown of Louisville as a social worker, teacher, and freelance writer. In this film, young Marsha makes Louisville's statues "talk" for a group of schoolchildren. A 2003 KET Production.

Kentucky Collectibles

Folk Art Phonograph Dancers; Tiffany Racing Trophy; Kentucky Connection Book

Expert appraisers examine treasures including folk art phonograph dancers, a Tiffany Kentucky racing trophy, and a book with a connection to one of Kentucky's beloved historians. A 2013 KET Production.

Run That by Me Again

Kentucky vs. Oklahoma, 1951

Guests include John Griggs, Dom Fucci, and Walt Yowarsky. A 1977 KET production.

In Performance at the Governor's Mansion

Diverse Cultures

Features Kentucky talent, including the Orville Hammond Trio, Beau Haddock, Ballet Espanol, and poet Nikky Finney. A 1999 KET production.

bookclub@ket

Ruby River

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Lynn Pruett's debut novel, which pits the proprietress of an Alabama truck stop against a Pentecostal minister. A 2003 KET production.

Kentucky Time Capsule

Knee High to a Sculpture

In the early 1970s-before she became a playwright and won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award-Marsha Norman worked in her hometown of Louisville as a social worker, teacher, and freelance writer. In this film, young Marsha makes Louisville's statues "talk" for a group of schoolchildren. A 2003 KET Production.

Lanham Brothers Jamboree

Annabelle Watts, Chandler Christian, Skylar Cain, Randall Howard, and Barry Lanham and The Footstompin Express Cloggers perform. A 2015 Production.

Bluegrass and Backroads

Vex World Championships; Basilica of the Assumption; KDA Initiative; Bluegrass Museum

Visit the Vex World Championships, Basilica of the Assumption, the KDA Hunger Initiative, and the Bluegrass Museum. A 2018 Production.

Our Library

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

The Alice and Wade Houston Story

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

Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America

Commitment

"Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom" is a warm, funny look at education reform. "Belinda," is the portrait of an AIDS activist.

Bywords

Jimmy Ellis

Jimmy Ellis, 1968 Heavyweight Champion, talks about his boxing career. A 1981 KET production.

Inside Louisville

Thriving with Dr. Elmer Lucille Allen

Ninety-three-year-old Elmer Lucille Allen grew up in segregated Louisville and was the first African American woman hired as a chemist at Brown-Forman, a locally based and internationally known spirits and wine company. When she retired in 1997, Allen used her love of chemistry and math to create art. Today, she is a well-known ceramics and fiber artist. A 2025 KET production.

Bluegrass and Backroads

Vex World Championships; Basilica of the Assumption; KDA Initiative; Bluegrass Museum

Visit the Vex World Championships, Basilica of the Assumption, the KDA Hunger Initiative, and the Bluegrass Museum. A 2018 Production.

Downstream

Bourbon County

This episode features Hartfield & Co., a Bourbon County distillery in Paris; fishing on Hinkston Creek by the Colville Covered Bridge; kayaking on the Russell Fork River, and sampling homemade apple wine. A 2020 Production.

Headwaters: Real Stories from Rural America

Commitment

"Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom" is a warm, funny look at education reform. "Belinda," is the portrait of an AIDS activist.

Our Library

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

Kentucky Muse

Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Hundred Years

This celebration of the 300th anniversary of the piano features Dr. Diane Earle of Kentucky Wesleyan and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. Earle tells about the history of the instrument and performs piano works by a variety of composers. A 2009 KET production.

Kentucky Muse

Harry Pickens: In the Garden of Music

Louisville pianist Harry Pickens performs a variety of selections of jazz and original pieces and shares his ideas on music and its ability to bring people together. A 2010 KET production.

Downstream

Bourbon County

This episode features Hartfield & Co., a Bourbon County distillery in Paris; fishing on Hinkston Creek by the Colville Covered Bridge; kayaking on the Russell Fork River, and sampling homemade apple wine. A 2020 Production.

Inside Louisville

Thriving with Dr. Elmer Lucille Allen

Ninety-three-year-old Elmer Lucille Allen grew up in segregated Louisville and was the first African American woman hired as a chemist at Brown-Forman, a locally based and internationally known spirits and wine company. When she retired in 1997, Allen used her love of chemistry and math to create art. Today, she is a well-known ceramics and fiber artist. A 2025 KET production.

Bywords

Jimmy Ellis

Jimmy Ellis, 1968 Heavyweight Champion, talks about his boxing career. A 1981 KET production.

Map Dot Kentucky

This film documents the history of travel blogger and Bowling Green resident, Cory Ramsey. Ramsey, during a layoff from his job, began taking hiking trips to Kentucky state parks, which eventually turned into a decision to document every county in the state. A 2018 production.

Kentucky Life

Guns to Gardens, Bowling Green International Festival, Fashion Activism and Sustainability, Black Patch Tobacco Wars

In Louisville, a group called "Guns to Gardens Louisville" has teamed with local blacksmith Craig Kaviar to turn surrendered firearms into gardening tools; the International Festival celebrates Kentuckians that make up the diverse population of Bowling Green; Lexington-based designer Soreyda Begley is utilizing her talent and expertise to draw attention to sustainability in the fashion industry; the history of the Black Patch Wars and the civil unrest in Princeton, Kentucky in 1906. A 2024 KET production.

Kentucky Collectibles

Folk Art Phonograph Dancers; Tiffany Racing Trophy; Kentucky Connection Book

Expert appraisers examine treasures including folk art phonograph dancers, a Tiffany Kentucky racing trophy, and a book with a connection to one of Kentucky's beloved historians. A 2013 KET Production.

Kentucky Muse

Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Hundred Years

This celebration of the 300th anniversary of the piano features Dr. Diane Earle of Kentucky Wesleyan and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. Earle tells about the history of the instrument and performs piano works by a variety of composers. A 2009 KET production.

Kentucky Muse

Harry Pickens: In the Garden of Music

Louisville pianist Harry Pickens performs a variety of selections of jazz and original pieces and shares his ideas on music and its ability to bring people together. A 2010 KET production.

Our Library

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

Map Dot Kentucky

This film documents the history of travel blogger and Bowling Green resident, Cory Ramsey. Ramsey, during a layoff from his job, began taking hiking trips to Kentucky state parks, which eventually turned into a decision to document every county in the state. A 2018 production.

Our Kids

Kentucky Life

Guns to Gardens, Bowling Green International Festival, Fashion Activism and Sustainability, Black Patch Tobacco Wars

In Louisville, a group called "Guns to Gardens Louisville" has teamed with local blacksmith Craig Kaviar to turn surrendered firearms into gardening tools; the International Festival celebrates Kentuckians that make up the diverse population of Bowling Green; Lexington-based designer Soreyda Begley is utilizing her talent and expertise to draw attention to sustainability in the fashion industry; the history of the Black Patch Wars and the civil unrest in Princeton, Kentucky in 1906. A 2024 KET production.

bookclub@ket

Ruby River

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Lynn Pruett's debut novel, which pits the proprietress of an Alabama truck stop against a Pentecostal minister. A 2003 KET production.

Our Library

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

Kentucky Edition

Jubilee

Blue Highway

The influential contemporary bluegrass group Blue Highway performs at the 2013 Festival of the Bluegrass at the Kentucky Horse Park. A 2014 KET Production.

Run That by Me Again

Kentucky vs. Oklahoma, 1951

Guests include John Griggs, Dom Fucci, and Walt Yowarsky. A 1977 KET production.

Kentucky Muse

Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Hundred Years

This celebration of the 300th anniversary of the piano features Dr. Diane Earle of Kentucky Wesleyan and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. Earle tells about the history of the instrument and performs piano works by a variety of composers. A 2009 KET production.