TV Daily Schedule: KQED Kids
KQED Kids: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Comcast 192 • Digital 54.4
Schedule is subject to change. Please visit kqed.org/tv/schedules/daily for the most up-to-date info.
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12:00 amAnne of Green Gables: The Animated Series [#107] One True Friend Disaster has struck! Diana has come down with a case of head-lice. Anne feels only sympathy, takes the necessary precautions, and thinks nothing more of it. That is, until the other schoolmates start to make fun of Diana and shun Anne for remaining her friend. Anne considers abandoning Diana in order to salvage her coveted popularity. But after thinking - and imagining - things through, she comes to value the importance of loyalty. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
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12:30 amAngelina Ballerina: The Next Steps [#404H] Angelina's Hiccups/Angelina and the Must-Have Bag * Angelina's Hiccups - Angelina and her friends are preparing to go onstage for a performance when Angelina comes down with a bad case of the hiccups. Through a series of comical events, her friends do everything to try to help cure her!
* Angelina and the Must Have Bag - When all her friends have an "Eva the Diva" bag, Angelina desperately wants one too. After working hard to earn enough money for one, she discovers that being original and creative is much more exciting than following the crowd! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI) -
1:00 amWild Kratts [#126H] Caracal-Minton The Wild Kratts crew is playing badminton on the African savannah when a high jumping wildcat called a caracal steals the birdie. And this is no ordinary birdie - it is Aviva's precious family heirloom. As they rush to get back the treasure from an elusive, leaping Caracal cat, they learn how the caracal's musculature is specifically designed stalking and leaping- a perfect example of the concept of "form for function." Inspired by this Aviva perfects the caracal power for the Creature Power Suit and leaps off to retrieve Aviva's special birdie and rescue some caracal kittens who get into trouble along the way. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
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1:30 amMartha Speaks [#401H] Billy Collins Speaks/Milo's Reading Buddy Billy Collins Speaks - Billy Collins writes great poems about dogs, and Martha thinks she knows why. Obviously, the former poet laureate must be a canine himself! When Martha meets Billy Collins she's in for a few surprises...as is he. Vocabulary: (E) poem, poet, prose, imposter, metaphor(ically). Milo's Reading Buddy - When Milo reads in front of other people he gets nervous. T.D. has the perfect, confidence-building solution: a Reading Buddy! The whole gang gets excited about helping Milo. Maybe too excited. Can Milo find the Reading Buddy who's perfect for him? Vocabulary: (E) fluent, struggle, apprehensive, interject, nervous. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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2:00 amArthur [#128] I'm A Poet/The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club All the kids agree to write a poem as part of a bet, in "I'm A Poet." Guest poet Jack Prelutsky reads 3 of his poems from "The New Kid on the Block": "My Sister is a Sissy," "Today is Very Bo ring" and "Jelly Fish Stew." In "The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club," when some parents get the kids' favorite books banned from the town library, the children themselves fight back. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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2:30 amMaya & Miguel [#114] Family Time Noticing that everyone in her family is overworked, overtired, and overstressed, Maya concludes that they all have been missing "family time" - quality time spent alone as a family. Maya and Miguel plan a camping trip to a state park - and do all the planning and packing themselves to make things easier on their very busy parents and grandmother. But when they arrive at their campsite, the kids have forgotten some essentials - and rain, wildlife, and a capsized boat threaten to make their escape a disaster. In the end, however, la familia Santos discovers the only thing they really need is time together. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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3:00 amWordGirl [#215H] Two Brains Quartet/Big's Big Bounce * Two Brains Quartet - For the city's centennial celebration the Mayor promises to unveil its 100 year old cheese wheel to the winner of the Barbershop Quartet Competition. Both the Botsford family and Dr. Two Brains are assembling talented groups. Will Dr. Two Brains be able to sing his way to victory and run away with the city's oldest and most valuable cheese? Vocabulary Words: Melodious, Quartet.
* Big's Big Bounce - Becky and Bob join the City Scout Troop only to discover Mr. Big is the Guest Troop Leader. He vows to motivate Troop 865 to sell the most Scholastic Crunch Granola Bars in order to win the world famous Mega-Jump Trampoline. Vocabulary Words: Boost, Tempting. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY7 (Secondary audio: DVI) -
3:30 amCyberchase [#107] The Poddleville Case (topic: Patterns) - The diabolical Hacker wreaks havoc when he steals the power pods of Poddleville, a cybercity filled with patterns. Our heroes must use math and logic to crack the double pattern that unlocks the Poddles' cyberpower vault before Hacker and his henchmen do! The Big Idea: Patterns are sequences that repeat or change in an orderly way. You can use patterns to predict the next step in solving a problem. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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4:00 amThe Electric Company [#312H] A Fistful of Confetti It's Neighborhood Record Day, and everyone in town is trying to break silly records. Francine and Jessica are both trying to break the same record - filming the most broken records on record day. When Francine tries to get in Jessica's way by giving her fake tips, The Electric Company works together to lead Jessica to victory. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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4:30 amDragonflyTV [#305Z] Engineering Sarah and Rachel get a rise out of engineering a real hovercraft. Charlie, Carol, Maria and Ciara get moooo-ving and design a milk- carton boat. And seeing is believing: a principle engineer at Nanomuscle, Incorporated, creates lifelike toy eyeballs. duration 28:46 STEREO TVG
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5:00 amCuriosity Quest [#501] Horseback Riding duration 26:18 STEREO TVG (Secondary audio: DVI)
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5:30 amWild Kratts [#126H] Caracal-Minton The Wild Kratts crew is playing badminton on the African savannah when a high jumping wildcat called a caracal steals the birdie. And this is no ordinary birdie - it is Aviva's precious family heirloom. As they rush to get back the treasure from an elusive, leaping Caracal cat, they learn how the caracal's musculature is specifically designed stalking and leaping- a perfect example of the concept of "form for function." Inspired by this Aviva perfects the caracal power for the Creature Power Suit and leaps off to retrieve Aviva's special birdie and rescue some caracal kittens who get into trouble along the way. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
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6:00 amFetch! With Ruff Ruffman [#501H] Ruff Fetches The Fetchers Season Five is about to start but Ruff has been so busy trying to find his long-lost parents, he's forgotten to choose his Season 5 FETCHers! In this casting special, viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at how Ruff goes about picking his contestants. Unfortunately, shortly after selecting his intrepid kids, Ruff loses them on the way to Studio G! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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6:30 amMaya & Miguel [#115] Surprise, Surprise Chrissy is down in the dumps because the pop star Enrique has not answered the hundreds of fan letters she has sent. So Maya decides to cheer her up with a surprise birthday party. When all the party preparations - from the cake to the decor to the entertainment - go awry, Maya reasons there's only one way to salvage things: get Enrique himself to show up! With Miguel and Abuelita at her side, Maya braves hordes of Enrique-maniacs in an effort to convince the megastar to make an appearance at her friend's birthday. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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7:00 amMartha Speaks [#401H] Billy Collins Speaks/Milo's Reading Buddy Billy Collins Speaks - Billy Collins writes great poems about dogs, and Martha thinks she knows why. Obviously, the former poet laureate must be a canine himself! When Martha meets Billy Collins she's in for a few surprises...as is he. Vocabulary: (E) poem, poet, prose, imposter, metaphor(ically). Milo's Reading Buddy - When Milo reads in front of other people he gets nervous. T.D. has the perfect, confidence-building solution: a Reading Buddy! The whole gang gets excited about helping Milo. Maybe too excited. Can Milo find the Reading Buddy who's perfect for him? Vocabulary: (E) fluent, struggle, apprehensive, interject, nervous. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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7:30 amThe Electric Company [#312H] A Fistful of Confetti It's Neighborhood Record Day, and everyone in town is trying to break silly records. Francine and Jessica are both trying to break the same record - filming the most broken records on record day. When Francine tries to get in Jessica's way by giving her fake tips, The Electric Company works together to lead Jessica to victory. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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8:00 amAngelina Ballerina: The Next Steps [#402H] Angelina, The Pet Sitter/Angelina and the Music Box * Angelina the Pet Sitter - Angelina persuades Ms. Mimi to let her take care of her pet canary when she goes away for the weekend. Despite Angelina's good intentions, the bird escapes from its cage and Angelina spends most of the weekend searching for him. She learns a valuable lesson that pets can be lots of hard work!
* Angelina and the Music Box - Polly gets a music box in the mail from her grandmother, and she falls in love with the waltz music it plays. When Angelina accidentally breaks the special box, she replaces it, but the new music box plays a different type of music. In the end, Polly realizes she can still dance her favorite waltz to the music from her new music box. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI) -
8:30 amAnne of Green Gables: The Animated Series [#107] One True Friend Disaster has struck! Diana has come down with a case of head-lice. Anne feels only sympathy, takes the necessary precautions, and thinks nothing more of it. That is, until the other schoolmates start to make fun of Diana and shun Anne for remaining her friend. Anne considers abandoning Diana in order to salvage her coveted popularity. But after thinking - and imagining - things through, she comes to value the importance of loyalty. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
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9:00 amWordGirl [#403H] Leslie Makes It Big/Mouse Brain Take-Over LESLIE MAKES IT BIG - When Mr. Big gets hauled off to jail, his assistant, Leslie, takes over to carry out their latest evil plan-building the most powerful mind control device ever! Will Mr. Big help WordGirl defeat Leslie, or will Leslie become bigger than Mr. Big? Vocabulary Words: Ridiculous, Assume. MOUSE BRAIN TAKE-OVER - Just as WordGirl is about to give TJ, the winner of the "WordGirl Synonym Contest," a tour of her secret hide-out, she discovers Dr. Two-Brains' is going on an all-out cheese rampage. This time he's more evil (and more mousy) than ever! Vocabulary Words: Abandon, Dilemma. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY7 (Secondary audio: DVI)
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9:30 amMartha Speaks [#402H] Verb Dog, When Action Calls!/Martha's Adverb Adventures Verb Dog, When Action Calls! - Struck by a falling book of five-hundred-and-one English Verbs, Martha instantly becomes - Verb Dog! Using her unique superpower to control people with verbs, Martha sniffs out trouble and defends the town from evil. Vocabulary: (E) verb, amublate, elevate, descend, (un)petrify. Martha's Adverb Adventure - Weaselgraft and Pablum have a new invention that is sure to make them rich again. The Adverbalizer activates adverbs - giving the user the ability to make things happen completely, sloppily, instantly... Of course T.D. orders one... immediately! Vocabulary: (E) sloppily, instantly, immediately, completely, adverb. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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10:00 amRaggs [#155H] Farm The dogs prepare for the Rock-a-Doodle Farm Tour, but Trilby wants to stay home to turn the garden into a farm. The dogs teach Trilby about all the good things that come from farms. After discussing how you wake up on a farm, B. Max invents a farm alarm so the dogs won't miss Pido's breakfast. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
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10:30 amFetch! With Ruff Ruffman [#502H] Game Show Isle After losing his FETCHers at the end of the Season Five premiere, Ruff discovers that they're stranded on a mysterious island-Game Show Island. To get off the island and back to Studio G, they must find the "Fabulous Four" game show relics before sundown or they will be trapped on the island forever! Ruff also learns some important clues about the mysterious disappearance of his parents. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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11:00 amThe Electric Company [#312H] A Fistful of Confetti It's Neighborhood Record Day, and everyone in town is trying to break silly records. Francine and Jessica are both trying to break the same record - filming the most broken records on record day. When Francine tries to get in Jessica's way by giving her fake tips, The Electric Company works together to lead Jessica to victory. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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11:30 amAngelina Ballerina: The Next Steps [#404H] Angelina's Hiccups/Angelina and the Must-Have Bag * Angelina's Hiccups - Angelina and her friends are preparing to go onstage for a performance when Angelina comes down with a bad case of the hiccups. Through a series of comical events, her friends do everything to try to help cure her!
* Angelina and the Must Have Bag - When all her friends have an "Eva the Diva" bag, Angelina desperately wants one too. After working hard to earn enough money for one, she discovers that being original and creative is much more exciting than following the crowd! duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI) -
12:00 pmAnne of Green Gables: The Animated Series [#107] One True Friend Disaster has struck! Diana has come down with a case of head-lice. Anne feels only sympathy, takes the necessary precautions, and thinks nothing more of it. That is, until the other schoolmates start to make fun of Diana and shun Anne for remaining her friend. Anne considers abandoning Diana in order to salvage her coveted popularity. But after thinking - and imagining - things through, she comes to value the importance of loyalty. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY
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12:30 pmArthur [#128] I'm A Poet/The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club All the kids agree to write a poem as part of a bet, in "I'm A Poet." Guest poet Jack Prelutsky reads 3 of his poems from "The New Kid on the Block": "My Sister is a Sissy," "Today is Very Bo ring" and "Jelly Fish Stew." In "The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club," when some parents get the kids' favorite books banned from the town library, the children themselves fight back. duration 28:46 STEREO TVY (Secondary audio: DVI)
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1:00 pmClifford's Puppy Days [#122] Grooming Gloom/The Letter * Grooming Gloom" - Jorge is excited to learn that Nina will be taking him to the Grooming Shop - until he gets some misinformation about what a grooming shop is. At first his friends try to help him find a way to get out of the experience. But Daffodil helps him realize that he should trust Nina to do what is best for him.
* The Letter - Evan and Emily Elizabeth offer to mail a letter for Mr. Solomon on their way to buy tickets to a concert by their favorite band, the Zippers. But the kids' plans are disrupted by their own generosity and helpful nature. When they finally arrive at the park where the concert is taking place, the tickets have been sold out. But the other members of the community are so grateful to the kids for all of their help that day that they all pitch in and make sure that Evan and Emily Elizabeth attend the concert.
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