KET - Kentucky Educational Television

10/31/2025

Tonight at 10/9, or streaming anytime, Central Kentuckians recall the big band music scene in the Bluegrass when Lexingtonians danced in clubs like Joyland, the Green Dome, and the Cotton Club and in the ballrooms of the Phoenix and Lafayette hotels.

Central Kentuckians recall the big band music scene in the Bluegrass during the World-War-II era, when Lexingtonians danced in clubs like Joyland, the Green Dome, and the Cotton Club and in the ballrooms of the Phoenix and Lafayette hotels. Archival photographs and film footage, some not seen since....

10/29/2025

Tonight at 8/7 on Nature, female mountain lion Willow and her kittens interact with the forest ecosystem in Montana’s Sapphire Mountains.

10/27/2025

Tonight and Tuesday at 9/8pm, a two-part American Experience, Kissinger. The story of the enigmatic powerbroker who served in the topmost echelons of U.S. diplomacy. Celebrated or reviled, Henry Kissinger’s contradictions reflect those central to late 20th century U.S. foreign policy.

10/27/2025

Tonight at 8/7, Medicare Enrollment 2025 Call-In. Experts answer viewer questions about how Medicare works, the enrollment process, coverage options, supplemental plans and more. Funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

10/26/2025

Tonight at 8/7, episode 2 of Miss Austen, followed by all-new episodes of Maigret and The Gold.

10/25/2025

Tonight at 9/8 on Movie Classics, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). A small-town doctor learns his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

10/25/2025

Tonight at 8/7, an all-new Kentucky Life. After floods ravaged Eastern Kentucky in 2022, historical materials were recovered and then frozen for preservation; Lexington artist and punk rock icon Lawrence Tarpey; Kentucky women in film.

10/22/2025

Now streaming: Lexington: 250 Years. 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 Lexington native and actor Josh Hopkins.

Beginning on the banks of Town Branch Creek, this three-hour 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 an...

10/20/2025

Tonight at 10:35/9:35, or streaming anytime, The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia. The story of pack horse librarians – women hired by the WPA during the Great Depression to travel on horseback to deliver library books and magazines to people in Eastern Kentucky.

This documentary tells the story of pack horse librarians - women hired by the Franklin Ro

10/20/2025

Tonight at 8/7, the premiere of Lexington: 250 Years. Beginning on the banks of Town Branch Creek, the documentary takes viewers on a sprawling historical journey. This original program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

10/19/2025

Tonight at 8/7, the first episode of Miss Austen, followed by all-new episodes of Maigret and The Gold.

10/18/2025

Tonight at 8/7 on an all-new Kentucky Life - KET, America's Best Caviar in Paducah; Louisville Nimble Thimbles is a non-profit quilting guild; and neglected horses in Franklin County are on the road to recovery.