Current's annual survey of national programs in preparation for public television

Originally published in Current, Nov. 1 and Dec. 13, 2004
Compiled by Geneva Collins and the staff of Current

What’s in the works for public TV? This list of more than 220 public TV projects, based on Current’s annual Pipeline survey, describes projects in various stages of pipedream, conception, preproduction, scripting, shooting and editing for January 2005 and beyond. We include only new, noninstructional projects one hour or longer. (Our July 5 issue listed classroom programs offered at public TV’s annual eMedia screening.)

Winter/Spring 2005 | Summer 2005
Fall 2005 | Sometime in 2005
Winter/Spring 2006 | Fall 2006 | Sometime in 2006
2007-08-09 | Airdate to be determined

All project listings below are based on producers’ responses to our survey this fall. Funders such as ITVS and the national minority consortia submitted information on behalf of some independent producers, as did some presenting stations. Thanks to all who responded to the survey.

Unless otherwise indicated, producers intend to distribute their programs through PBS or have not completed broadcast deals. To save space, the three largest producing stations—WGBH in Boston, WNET in New York, and WETA in Washington, D.C., are not identified by city—but all other stations are. Working titles are indicated by “w.t.” Please direct inquiries to the contact people listed with
each title.

Acronyms used in this list:
APT: American Public Television, Boston
ITVS: Independent Television Service, San Francisco
NBPC: National Black Programming Consortium
NAPT: Native American Public Telecommunications
NEA: National Endowment for the Arts
NEH: National Endowment for the Humanities
NETA: National Educational Telecommunications Association, Columbia, S.C.

Winter/Spring 2005

Adventure Golf
Producing organization: Pilot Productions. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 6 x 30. Status: production. Budget: $130,000. Producer: Ian Cross. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_BarlowAPTonline.org.
From the producers of Globe Trekker, a new program concept that pairs international travel with golf. Between visits to golf courses, series will explore the culture, geography and top attractions each destination offers. Web: adventuregolftv.com.

Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
Producing station: WGBH. Presented by Mystery! Episodes: 8 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer: Rebecca Eaton Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, Joanna Lumley, Rachel Stirling, Jane Asher. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
Adaptations of: Murder at the Vicarage, Murder is Announced, Murder in the Library, and What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw.

Aging Out
Producing organizations: WNET and Public Policy Productions Inc. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: postproduction. Executive in charge for WNET: Stephen Segaller. Producer: Roger Weisberg. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Follows the lives of several young people on their journey from foster care to independent living.

The American Chef
Producing organizations: WGBH and Lance Reynolds Productions. Episodes: 10 x 30, 2 x 60. Status: fundraising and preproduction. Major funder: PBS. Co-executive producer for WGBH: Laurie Donnelly. Co-executive producer for Lance Reynolds Productions: Lance Reynolds. Contact: Blyth Lord, coordinating producer, WGBH Lifestyle Unit, blyth_lordwgbh.org.
Doc-style look at an intense national competition that will identify a rising star among America’s culinary “committed,” culminating in a candidate being named chef at one of Chef Todd English’s restaurants. Focus will be on creating competitions that reflect the skills necessary to meet the demands of the profession.

American Getaways
Producing organization: CMPT Productions. Presenting station: Pioneer Public Television, Appleton, Minn. Episodes: 13 x 30, 2 x 60. Status: preproduction, scripting. Budget: $2.1 million. Producer: Kathleen Thomp-son. Associate producers: Chef Patrick Clark, Kathie Pate, Fred Perez. Hosts: Ken Stone, Ellyne Lonergan. Contact: Kathleen Thompson, kathleen_cmpt yahoo.com, 651-276-9187.
Travel series focusing on smaller American communities and neighborhoods within towns and cities—highlighting unique lodging, regional cuisine and spirits, local arts and crafts and music, antiques, collectibles and the spirit of people who keep their heritage vibrant. Outreach will involve local, state and national tourism organizations. Web: americangetawaystv.com.

America’s Home Cooking: Healthy Recipes
Producing station: WQED Multimedia/Pittsburgh. Episodes: 1 x 180, formatted for pledge. Status: preproduction. Executive producer: Chris Fennimore. Contact: Gigi Saladna, gsaladnawqed.org, 412-622-1377.
The program and companion cookbook are divided into three kinds of recipes: reduced fat, low-carb and low-calorie ones using fresh ingredients and substitutions.

America’s Lost Landscapes: The Tallgrass Prairie
Producing organization: New Light Media. Presenting station: Iowa PTV. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: complete. Executive producer: David O’Shields, Producers: Day-ton Duncan, Daryl Smith, William Carlson. Narrator: Annabeth Gish. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183.
The history and the endangered future of the tallgrass prairie, America’s lost landscape.

Antiques Roadshow FYI
Producing station: WGBH. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: production, postproduction. Major funder: PBS. Execu-tive producer: Marsha Bemko. Host: Lara Spencer. Correspondent: Clay Reynolds. Contact: Judy Matthews, senior publicist, 617-300-5343, judy_matthewswgbh.org.
A lively mix of appraisal updates, trade secrets and insights into what makes Roadshow appraisers tick.

The Appalachians
Producing organization: Evening Star Productions. Presenting station: Nashville Public Television. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: complete. Major funders: CPB, Sierra Club, Vandalia Heritage Foundation. Executive producer: Mari-Lynn Evans. Writer/producer: Phylis Geller. Contact: Mari-Lynn C. Evans, MLEvansESPaol.com.
Mountain music weaves through the dramatic history of proud, independent people who survived war, poverty and devastation of their land. Interviews with Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, others. Companion book and CD planned.

The Art of Being Human
Producing organizations: KCET, Los Angeles, and BBC Worldwide. Episodes: 5 x 60. Status: production. KCET VP in charge of programming and production: Mary Mazur. Contact: Mary Mazur, 323-953-5307.
The story of how mankind was driven to create and how this powerful impulse has shaped the world.

The Art of Women’s Health
Producing organization: Information Television Network. Distributor: PBS Plus. Episodes: 7 x 30. Status: postproduction. Executive producers: Ed Lerner, Cristina Lerner. Co-executive producer: Matt Herren. Producer: Dave Counts. Senior producer: Penelope Douglas. Director: Bob Buruchian. Contact: Matt Herren, matthitvisus.com, 561-997-5433.
Devoted exclusively to women’s health and wellness issues, this series, hosted by ABC correspondent JuJu Chang, shares personal stories, explores pressing challenges and provides the best insights from renowned medical experts on how to live happier and healthier lives.

Auschwitz and the Nazi State
Producing organizations: BBC and KCET, Los Angeles. Episodes: 6 x 60. Status: Production. KCET VP in charge of programming and production: Mary Mazur. Contact: Mary Mazur, 323-953-5307.
Definitive television history of the concentration camp and how it operated as a business for the Nazi state. Timed for 60th anniversary of camp’s liberation.

Best of the Midwest
Producing station: Iowa PTV. Distributor: NETA. Episodes: 1 x 90, formatted for pledge. Status: production. Executive producer: Duane Huey. Producer/director/videographer: Peter Tubbs. Host/writer: Dan Kaercher of Midwest Living. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183.
Sentimental journey through the heartland with the founding editor of Midwest Living magazine.

Big Band Sounds of Hunter Fuerste
and His American Vintage Orchestra
Producing station: Iowa PTV. Distributor: NETA. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: preproduction. Executive producer: Jerry Grady. Producer/director: Mark Foust. Producer/director: Pat Rowen. Host/talent: Hunter Fuerste. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183.
Concert at Iowa PTV of the American Vintage Orchestra. Conducted by Hunter Fuerste, who also plays trombone, this big band has consistently filled halls in eastern Iowa.

The Breathtaking Cost of Asbestos
Producing station: Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Producer: John Camp. Contact: Bob Neese, bneeselpb.org, 800-272-8161.
The story of the largest class action suit in U.S.
history—against asbestos manufacturers.

Brother to Brother
Producing organizations: Miasma Films Production in association with C-Hundred Film Corp. and Intrinsic Value. Presented on ITVS’s Independent Lens. Epi-sodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $415,000. Major funders: ITVS, KQED, San Francisco, NBPC, NYSCA, Jerome Foundation. Producer/director/writer: Rodney Evans. Producers: Jim McKay, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbens. Cinematographer: Harlan Bosmajian. Editor: Sabine Hoffman. Contact: Leslie Fields-Cruz, info nbpc.tv, 212-828-7588.
An elderly luminary of the Harlem Renaissance inspires a gay African-American art student as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed
Producing organization: REALside Productions. A co-presentation of P.O.V., ITVS and NBPC. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $622,000. Major funders: ITVS, CPB, NBPC, New York State Council on the Arts, Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, Lucia Woods Lindley, Rubin Foundation, Vinmont Foundation, Camille & William Cosby, Bette Midler, Oprah Winfrey, Halle Berry. Executive producer: Ramon Hervey. Director/producer: Shola Lynch. Producer: Phil Bertelsen. Editor: Sam Pollard. Director of photography: Sandi Sissel. Consulting producer: Orlando Bagwell. Contact: Leslie Fields-Cruz, 212-828-7588.
The first historical documentary on Brooklyn Rep. Shirley Chisholm and her 1972 campaign to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

Clearwater: One Woman’s Prayer
Producing organization: Chris Kelly Productions. Presenting station: Houston PBS. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: complete. Major funder: Meridian Advisors. Producer: Chris Kelly. Houston PBS coordinating producer: Michael Carr. Contact: Michael Carr, mcarrhoustonpbs.org, 713-743-8687.
The story of clean water activist Beth Miller, whose backyard experiments in New Mexico led to the creation of constructed wetlands. Her work resulted in exhibitions of her models in Italy and England, recognition from the Royal Horticultural Society, and the construction of 180 acres of wetlands by the state of Nevada.

A Crisis of Faith
Producing organization: Four Seasons Productions. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: complete. Producer/director: D.J. Kadagian. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_BarlowAPTonline.org.
Inspired by Joseph Campbell's Masks of Eternity, the films feature renowned scholars, authors and theologians who provide insightful answers to questions — spiritual, social and philosophical — central to the development of Western culture. DVD and soundtrack planned.

Cuba Mia: Portrait of an All-Woman Orchestra
Producing organization: Accent Media Productions. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: complete. Major funder: Mariposa Foundation. Producer: Cecilia Domyenko. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_Barlow APTonline.org.
Captures the all-female orchestra Camerata Romeu as the musicians prepare for an end-of-the-year concert of classical music created by famous Cuban and Latin American composers. Set in Old Havana’s Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Companion DVD planned. Web: accentmediainc.com.

Daisy Cooks! With Daisy Martinez
Producing organization: A La Carte Communications. Presenting station: WNET. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: production. Major funder: All-Clad. Executive producers for A La Carte: Geoffrey Drummond, Nat Katzman. Executive producer for WNET: Jody Sheff. Host: Daisy Martinez. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Each episode features several recipes rooted in stories or events that evoke the Latino experience and reinforce the relationship between the Latino community and Daisy Martinez’s food. Web: www.alacartetv.com/daisy.

Daniel O’Donnell Branson Highlights (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Brockwell Ltd. and Detroit PTV. Episodes: 1 x 60, 1 x 120 with pledge event. Status: preproduction. Budget: $800,000. Co-executive producers: Sean Reilly, Diane Bliss. Contact: Diane Bliss dblissdptv.org.
Highlights from a concert featuring Daniel O’Donnell and guests Mary Duff, the Gatlin Brothers, the Lennon Sisters, Joanne Castle, Charley Pride, Pam Tillis and the Dublin City Dancers.

Deep Jungle (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Granada Wild (U.K.) and WNET. Presented by Nature. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $2.8 million. Major funders: Park Foundation, Canon USA Inc., and Ford. Executive producer for Nature: Fred Kaufman. Executive producer for Granada: Brian Leith. Series producer: David Allen. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
A journey into the most complex and beautiful environment on the planet, using the latest filming technology and Indiana Jones-style explorers and scientists to cut through impenetrable undergrowth and chaos.

Do You Speak American?
Producing organization: A MacNeil/Lehrer & Paladin Production with WNET in association with KLRU, Austin, Texas. Episodes: 1 x 180 or 3 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: NEH, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rosalind P. Walter and Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Executive producer/host: Robert MacNeil. Executive producer for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions: Susan Mills. Executive producer for WNET: Jody Sheff. Writer/producer/director: William Cran. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
In this follow-up to The Story of English, celebrated journalist/author Robert MacNeil crisscrosses the country talking to truckers, rappers, hackers, surfers, skateboarders, cowboys, legislators, scriptwriters, journalists, musicians and many more diverse Americans who have made English distinctly their own. Companion book, web-enabled DVD planned. Also teacher workshops and curriculum-based lesson plans and conferences with the Center for Applied Linguistics.

Ending AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine
Producing organizations: Kikim Media and Quest Productions. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $650,000. Major funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foun-dation. Producers/directors: Michael Schwarz, Bill Jersey. Contact: Michael Schwarz, mschwarz kikim.com.
The story of the people and organizations leading the global hunt for a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS.

Ernest J. Gaines: Louisiana Stories
Producing station: Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: complete. Budget: $87,000. Major funders: Producers: Rick Smith, Ruth Laney. Contact: Bob Neese, bneeselpb.org, 800-272-8161.
A documentary looking at the childhood stories of famed author Ernest J. Gaines (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men).

An Evening with Woods Tea Company
Producing station: Vermont Public Television. Presenti-ng station: WQED, Pittsburgh. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60 or 1 x 90 pledge version (without breaks). Status: postproduction. Executive producer: Chris McClure. Wood’s Tea members: Rusty Jacobs, Mike Lussen, Howard Wooden and Chip Chase. Contact: Keyola Panza, kpanzawqed.org, 412-622-1395.
New England folk group weaves a musical trail of rousing sea chanteys, lively folk music, spirited bluegrass and haunting Celtic ballads, tempered with an engaging sense of humor. Web: www.woodstea.net.

Everyday Food
Producing organization: Martha Stewart Living Television in association with WETA. Distributor: PBS Plus. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: postproduction. Execu-tive producer: Linda Corradina. Executive producers for WETA: Dalton Delan, John Potthast. Contact: Cecily Van Praagh, Cvanpraaghweta.com.
Building on the success of its namesake magazine, each episode features an ensemble cast of cooks offering quick, easy, practical solutions to preparing delicious everyday meals using supermarket ingredients. Web: pbs.org/everydayfood.

Exodus & Freedom
Producing organization: Jewish Television Network. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $400,000. Executive producer: Jay Sanderson. Producer: Harvey Lehrer. Host: Dick Cavett. Contact: Hope Reed, hopereedcomcast.net, 978-356-6294.
Tells the stories of extraordinary people of all races and faiths whose lives illuminate and inspire us, bringing contemporary relevance to a traditional biblical story. Web: exodusandfreedom.com

The Eyes of Nye
Producing station: KCTS, Seattle. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: postproduction. Budget: $3.2 million. Major funders: National Science Foundation; Estate of Sperry H. Goodman. Executive producers: Randy Brinson, Bill Nye, Douglas M. Wilson. Supervising producer: Lisa Hardmeyer. Host/co-writer: Bill Nye. Contact: Tom Niemi, tniemikcts.org.
Bill Nye the Science Guy returns in a new series that encourages all of us to understand the science issues that impact our everyday lives. Web: eyesofnye.org.

Finest Hour: The Apollo 8 Story
Producing organizations: WTTW National Productions and Indigo Studios. Episodes: 1 x 60 or 1 x 90. Status: fundraising. Major funders: William Anders Founda-tion, United Financial of Illinois. Executive producer: Ted Bogosian. Producer/director: Kevin Kertscher. Contact: Shaunese Teamer, steamerwttw.com, 773-509-5441.
Apollo 8 would become the pivotal mission in NASA history—the first humans to leave Earth’s gravitational hold and voyage out to another celestial body. Outreach will include events at space/science museums including those in Chicago, San Diego, Seattle, Houston and Washington, D.C.

First Business
Producing organization: First Business Network, Chicago. Distributor: NETA. Episodes: weekdays x 30. Status: ongoing production and fundraising. Executive producer: Scott Christiansen. Producer: Michele Steele. Reporter/co-host: Tom Hudson. Co-host: Angela Miles. Contact: Gabriella Jones-Litchfield, station relations director, 503-297-6436.
First Business, distributed in commercial syndication and by Voice of America TV abroad, is relaunching Jan. 3, 2005, with distribution through public television. The program is an informative and entertaining before-the-bell look at what’s happening in the financial markets, personal finance and the business world. Web: www.firstbusiness.us.

Food Trip with Todd English
Producing organizations: WGBH and Todd English Enterprises. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: preproduction. Major funders: E. & J. Gallo Winery, Independence Air. Executive producer for WGBH: Laurie Donnelly. Executive producer for Todd English Enterprises: Jord Poster. Host: Todd English. Contact: Blyth Lord, blyth_lordwgbh.org.
Join celebrity chef and restaurateur Todd English as he journeys around the world and the United States, exploring various culinary traditions.

Foreign Exchange
Producing organization: Azimuth Media. Presenting station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: preproduction. Budget: $1.2 million. Major funders: Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producers for OPB: David Davis, Chris Haws. Executive producer for Azimuth Media: Bruce Blair. Series producer: Mark Sugg. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Weekly public affairs series will give insight into world events as viewed from outside the United States. Studio-based show with video inserts and other elements. Hosted by Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria.

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Producing organizations: BBC Worldwide Americas, Iowa PTV. Episodes: 1 x 120, formatted for pledge. Status: postproduction. Executive producers: Mike Seymour, Bill Young, Julius Cain. Producer/director: Duane Huey. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183.
Hosted by Lenny Henry of Chef, program celebrates the funniest moments with stars such as John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson and Geoffrey Palmer.

Future Conditional
Producing organization: Screenscope Inc. Presenting station: South Carolina ETV. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: National Science Foundation, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Executive producer: Marilyn Weiner. Director/writer: Hal Weiner. Host/narrator: Matt Damon. Contact: Polly Kosko, koskoscetv.org.
Special from the producers of Journey to the Planet Earth investigates links between environmental change and the future health of our planet, a future conditional on how we cope with the spread of toxic pollution. Outreach will focus on Citizens Science Project, with emphasis on family participation.

The Garden
Producing organizations: WNET and Garden Film Inc. Episodes: 1 x 180. Status: postproduction. Executive in charge for WNET: Stephen Segaller. Producer/director: Frederick Wiseman. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Frederick Wiseman documents the behind-the-scenes work of putting on shows at Madison Square Garden.

The Golden Age of Texas Courthouses
Producing organizations: Sunset Productions in cooperation with Texas Foundation for the Arts. Presenting station: Houston PBS. Distributor: NETA. Episodes: 2 x 90. Status: postproduction. Major funders: Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. Producer: Jim Bailey. Writers: Jim Bailey, Kim Lykins. Houston PBS coordinating producer: Michael Carr. Contact: Michael Carr, mcarr houstonpbs.org, 713-743-8687.
Courthouses were among the first permanent structures in many Texas counties and were often the grandest buildings in town. They helped create each county’s unique identity. These old courthouses are silent witnesses to the regional rivalries and the dispensation of justice that shaped the Lone Star State.

He Knew He Was Right
Producing organizations: BBC and WGBH. Presented by Masterpiece Theatre. Episodes: 1 x 90, 1 x 120. Status: postproduction. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Cast: Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Palmer, Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
A young husband becomes insanely jealous—literally—in Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s novel. Timeless issues of marital breakdown are at the heart of this surprisingly contemporary tale. Outreach includes Masterpiece Theatre book club.

Henry A. Wallace
Producing organizations: Iowa Public Television, Stamats Communications Inc. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: complete. Major funders: Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Andreas Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Musco Lighting, PMX Industries, Lee Baker, John Ruan Foundation Trust. Executive producers: Jack Shepard, Tom Hedges. Co-producer: Stevie Ballard. Writer: John Hyde. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183
A look at the extraordinary contributions of Henry A. Wallace—scientist, secretary of agriculture and vice president of the United States—to America and the world.

Higher Education (w.t.)
Producing organization: Learning Matters Inc. Epi-sodes: 1 x 120. Status: production. Budget: $1.5 million. Major funders: Lumina Foundation for Education, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Park Foundation, Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Spencer Foundation. Executive producer: John Merrow. Producers: Carrie Glasser, John Heus, Shae Isaacs, David Wald. Contact: Shae Isaacs, sisaacsmerrow.org, 212-725-7000.
Examines forces that are challenging and changing the classic American road to success: higher education. Companion book planned. Web: merrow.org/highered.

Holy Warriors
Producing organizations: Atlantic Productions in association with PBS and Devillier Donegan Enterprises. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: production. Executive producers: Ron Devillier, Brian Donegan. Producer: Anthony Geffen. Contact: Linda Ekizian, DDE, 202-686-3980, ext. 331.
Filmed in Europe and the Middle East, this special tells the story of the relationship between Muslim leader Saladin and Christian crusader Richard the Lionheart. Each viewed the other as the infidel, but their brutal war led each man to question his prejudices and forever shaped the relationship between Christianity and Islam.

The House of Saud (w.t)
Producing organizations: An Alegria production for WGBH in association with the BBC and Arte. Presented by Frontline. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: editing. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer for Frontline: David Fanning. Producer/directors: Christine Camdessus, Jihan El-Tahri, Zvi Dor-Ner, Martin Smith. Contact: Jim Bracciale, jim_braccialewgbh.org.
Explores how the Al Saud family maintains power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Traces U.S.-Saudi relations from first alliance in the 1930s through 9/11 to the present.

How To Cook Everything:
Bittman Takes On America’s Chefs
Producing organization: Frappe Inc. Distributor: APT. Status: postproduction. Host: Mark Bittman. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_BarlowAPTonline.org.
Noted columnist and cookbook author Mark Bittman goes into battle, mano-a-mano, with some of this country’s most talented chefs. Companion cookbook planned.

In the Studio with Priscilla Hauser
Producing organization: Cutters Productions Inc. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: preproduction and scripting. Executive producer: Vicki Payne. Contact: Bryan Eaker, 704-522-9900.
Series’ goal is to stimulate a national interest in decorative painting by educating viewers on styles and techniques ranging from traditional to contemporary. Web: priscillasstudio.com.

Island at War
Producing organization: Granada Television (U.K.). Presented by Masterpiece Theatre. Presenting station: WGBH. Episodes: 5 x 90. Status: postproduction. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Cast: James Wilby, Claire Holman, Owen Teale, Julian Wadham, Saskia Reeves, Philip Glenister. Contact: Steven Ashley,
steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
Family drama focusing on Channel Islanders adjusting to life under Nazi occupation during WWII, with soldiers living side by side with the islanders.

John Tesh: Worship at Red Rocks (w.t.)
Producing organization: John Tesh Media. Presenting station: Detroit PTV. Episodes: 1 x 60 for pledge, 1 x 90 with pledge break. Status: postproduction. Contact: Diane Bliss, dblissdptv.org.
John Tesh returns to the Red Rocks amphitheater for a concert of inspirational music with songs such as “Breathe,” “Open The Eyes of My Heart,” “Ancient Words,” “Trading Sorrows” and more.

Journey into Darkness: The Return of the U.N. to Iraq
Producing organizations: Rudy’s Bar Productions, Nebraska ETV. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: fundraising. Budget: $250,000. Director/producer: Francis Mead. Co-director: Judy Jackson. Consulting producer: Carol Cassidy. Contact: Francis Mead, francismead2002 yahoo.com, 212-326-7056.
A U.N. aid worker returns to Iraq, despite being injured in last year’s bomb blast at the UN’s Baghdad headquarters. Outreach plans include follow-up panel discussions on the dangers humanitarian workers face.

Kinsey
Producing organization: A Twin Cities Public Television production in association with Ark Media for American Experience at WGBH. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: postproduction. Major funders: Hugh M. Hefner, Maurice Falk Medical Fund, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Liberty Mutual, Scotts Co., CPB, PBS. Executive producer: Mark Samels. Executive producer for TPT: Catherine Allan. Producer/director/writer: Barak Goodman. Co-producer: John Maggio. Contact: Marcia Storkerson, 617-300-2420.
Profile of the controversial 1950s sex researcher, whose findings blew the lid off sexuality in America.

Lidia’s Family Table
Producing organization: Tavola Productions. Presenting station: WHYY, Philadelphia. Distributor: APT. Epi-sodes: 26 x 30. Status: production. Budget: $750,000. Major funders: Colavita USA, Palm Bay Imports, Cuisinart, Grana Padano. Executive producer/host: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. Executive producer for Geller Media Management: Michael Kane. Co-executive producer: Julia Harrison. Director: Bruce Franchini, Coordinating producer: Shelly Burgess Nicotra. Culi-nary producer: Amy Stevenson. Contact: Jill Newhouse Calcaterra, jcalcaterraatt.net, 310-471-0197.
Award-winning chef Lidia Bastianich is joined by her mother, children and grandchildren cooking some of her very favorite and most personal recipes yet. Web: lidiasitaly.com.

Life and Times of Foster and Allen
Producing organization: CRM Records. Presenting station: Detroit PTV. Distributor: APT. Episodes:1 x 60, 1 x 90 with pledge break. Status: postproduction. Execu-tive producer: Donnie Cassidy. Contact: Diane Bliss, dblissdptv.org.
Singing duo Mick Foster and Tony Allen lead a musical journey throughout Ireland with a montage of Irish scenery to accompany their performance of classic and contemporary folk tunes.

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Producing organizations: Daylight Films and WETA in association with Latino Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: complete. Major funders: CPB, PBS, Frito-Lay, Sabritas Frito-Lay, Helen and Peter Bing, New Hampshire Council for the Humanities. WETA executive producers: Dalton Delan, David S. Thompson. Producer/writer/director: Amy Stechler. Contact: Kristine Barr, Kbarrweta.com.
Story of Frida Kahlo, a pivotal figure in 20th-century art, is told as a reflection of her culture and art and the extraordinary times in which she lived.

Lindy Boggs: The Velvet Glove
Producing organizations: Louisiana Public Broadcast-ing, Bess Carrick Productions. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $177,000. Producer: Bee Carrick. Contact: Bob Neese, bneeselpb.org, 800-272-8161.
Bio of former Louisiana congresswoman and ambassador to the Vatican.

Malice Aforethought
Producing organizations: WGBH and Granada Television. Presented by Mystery! Episodes: 2 x 90. Status: production. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Cast: Ben Miller, Barbara Flynn, Megan Dodds, Lucy Brown, Peter Vaughan. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
Adaptation of Frances Iles’ 1920 story of a popular country doctor whose ill-conceived decision to murder his “difficult” wife sets his life spinning out of control.

The Meaning of Food
Producing organizations: Pie in the Sky Productions in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $1.3 million. Major funders: PBS, Pacific Islanders in Communica-tions, CPB, Unilever. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Executive producer for Pie in the Sky Productions: Sue McLaughlin, Host: Marcus Samuelson. Contact: David Davis, david_davis opb.org, 503-293-1959.
An entertaining, sometimes humorous look at the role of food in the intricate social and personal rituals of our lives. Explores the vast multicultural landscape of America by examining food.

Mustard Pancakes
Producing organization: Mustard Pancakes Productions. Presenting station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: production. Budget: $2.7 million. Major funders: ConAgra, Kashi Foods, Morehouse, White Wave, Knex Toys, Tony Toys, Stride Rite. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Executive producer: Joel Wortman. Host: Courtney Campbell. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Weekly children’s series in which one story and one song are interwoven to deal with the episode’s topic. Expected to be an ongoing series for ages 3-8.

National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth
Producing organization: A Sea Studios Foundation production for Vulcan Productions Inc. and National Geographic Television & Film. Presented by National Geographic. Presenting station: WGBH. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: National Science Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Founda-tion. Executive producers for Sea Studios Foundation: Mark Shelley Nancy Burnett. Executive producer for Vulcan Productions: Richard Hutton. Executive producer for National Geographic Television and Film: Michael Rosenfeld. Series producer: David Elisco. Host: Edward Norton. Contact: Lee Kravetz, lee_kravetzwgbh.org, 617-300-4226.
Scientists suspect we have entered a time of faster global change than any human being has ever witnessed. A high-tech detective story with the planet’s fate at stake. Online outreach tools will provide learning resources (in-depth educators’ guide, video clips, interviews, printable educational materials) for environmental educators and middle-school classrooms. Web: pbs.org/strangedays.

The New Heroes (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Oregon Public Broadcasting and Malone/Grove Productions. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $1.8 million. Major funder: Skoll Foundation. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Series producers: Robert Grove/Mike Malone. Producers: Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson, Charles Stuart, Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Magazine-style series telling the stories of those on the cutting edge of sustainable social and economic development in nations around the world. Robert Redford hosts.

New Scandinavian Cooking with Tina Nordström
Producing organization: Nett-TV. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: postproduction. Major funders: Swedish Tourist Board, Volvo. Executive producer: Anders Saether. Host: Tina Nordstrom. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_BarlowAPTonline.org.
Travel/cooking series featuring Tina Nordström, one of Sweden’s most popular chefs. Web: www.
scandcook.com.

Northwest Passage (w.t.)
Producing organizations: A co-production of the Nova/WGBH Science Unit and Channel Four (U.K.) by ITN Productions. Presented by Nova. Presenting station: WGBH. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: Sprint, Microsoft, Park Foundation, CPB, PBS. Senior executive producer, WGBH Science Unit: Paula Apsel. Executive producer for Channel 4: Charles Furneaux. Contact: Alan Ritsko, alan_ritsko wgbh.org, 617-300-4366.
In 1845, Sir John Franklin’s expedition searching for Arctic passage to Asia disappeared without a trace. The first episode investigates new clues to the mystery; the second contrasts Franklin’s failure with Roald Amundsen’s successful crossing.

Nova’s Leading Edge (w.t)
Producing organization: A Nova production for WGBH. Episodes: 5 x 60. Status: production. Major funders: National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Founda-tion, Kavli Foundation, Sprint, Microsoft, Park Founda-tion, CPB, PBS. Senior executive producer: Paula Apsell. Executive producer: Sam Fine. Host/executive editor: Robert Krulwich. Contact: Alan Ritsko, alan_ritskowgbh.org, 617-300-4366.
Quarterly magazine series presenting cutting-edge developments in scientific research and showcasing a wide variety of stories as well as visual essays, profiles and expert discussions.

One Man’s Journey: A Film Trilogy
Producing organization: A Crocodile River Production Inc. for WGBH. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: Quebec Labrador Foundation, Landvest, Woolrich. Producers/directors: Robert Perkins, David Fanning, John Willis. Contact: Jim Bracciale, jim_braccialewgbh.org.
n Filmed over 16 years, series chronicles naturalist-explorer Robert Perkins’s canoe adventures as he discovers new terrain and insights on life in the Canadian Arctic and on the Limpopo River in southern Africa.

On Stage at the Kennedy Center:
The Mark Twain Prize
Producing station: WETA. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. WETA executive producers: Dalton Delan, David S. Thompson. Contact: Dewey Blanton,
dblantonweta.com.
Program covers ceremonies surrounding the Kennedy Center’s annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, this year honoring Lorne Michaels.

P. Allen Smith Pledge Event (w.t.)
Producing organization: Hortus Ltd. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60, formatted for pledge. Status: R&D. Producer: Mandy Shoptaw. Business manager: Bill Reishtein. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_BarlowAPTonline.org.
Garden design expert P. Allen Smith creates magic in the garden in this special based on the popular garden design series, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home. Companion book and DVD planned. Web: pallensmith.com.

Parliament: One Nation Under a Groove
Producing organization: Brazen Hussy Productions. Presented by ITVS’s Independent Lens and NBPC. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $68,000. Major funders: ITVS, NBPC. Producer: Yvonne Smith. Contact: Leslie Fields-Cruz, info nbpc.tv, 212-828-7588.
Profile of musician George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic, who created an alternate universe inhabited by aliens who bring the redemptive power of funk to a world sorely in need of a new point of view.

The People in the Pictures: Stories from
the Wettach Farm Photos
Producing station: Iowa PTV. Distributor: NETA. Epi-sodes: 1 x 60, formatted for pledge. Status: complete. Producer/director: Laurel Bower Burgmaier. Host/narrator: Lee Kline. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183.
Visual essay portrays farm families during the Great Depression through World War II and the postwar years, as seen through the eyes of Iowa photographer Pete Wettach.

Sesno Reports
Producing organizations: WETA and the School of Public Policy and the College of Arts and Sciences at George Mason University. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: production. Major funder: Peterson Family Foundation. WETA executive producers: Dalton Delan, John Potthast. GMU executive producer: Jim Finkelstein. Senior producer: Chris Guarino. Host/managing editor: Frank Sesno. Contact: Cecily Van Praagh, Cvanpraaghweta.com.
Series of specials by veteran journalist Frank Sesno focus on vital political, social, and cultural issues. Web: weta.org/sesnoreports.

Signpost for Freedom: The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
Producing station: Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $88,000. Major funders: Arts Council of Greater Batson Rouge, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Producer: Christina Melton. Editor: Keith Crews. Sound: Chris Thomas King. Contact: Bob Neese, bneeselpb.org, 800-272-8161.
Doc about the 1953 eight-day bus boycott in Baton Rouge, La., that served as a precursor for the more well-known boycott in Montgomery, Ala.

The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation
Producing station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: complete. Budget: $350,000. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer: David Davis. Producers: Steve Talbot, David Davis. Director: Steve Talbot. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Examines the turbulent 1960s and how the music, culture and political events of the era shaped a generation. Includes first-hand accounts of key events by Tom Hayden, Jesse Jackson, Patrick Buchanan, Edwin Meese, Bobby Seale, Eric Burdon, Robert McNamara, Peter Coyote, Barbara Ehrenreich, Arlo Guthrie, Barry Melton, Daniel Ellsberg, Henry Kissinger and others.

Slavery and the Making of America (w.t.)
Producing station: WNET. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: New York Life. Executive producer: William R. Grant. Senior producer: Dante James. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Examines history of slavery in America from the 1600s through its abolition and the Reconstruction years that followed, drawing on enormous amount of new scholarship that has emerged in the past decade. Web: pbs.org/slavery.

Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty
Producing station: KBYU Television, Provo, Utah. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $400,000. Major funders: Angel Partners, Center for Economic Self-Reliance. Executive producer: Sterling Van Wagenen. Co-producers: Sterling Van Wagenen, Matt Whitaker. Writer/director: Matt Whitaker. Narrator: Linda Hunt. Contact: Diena Simmons, diena.simmonsbyu.edu, 801-422-8450.
HD special shot around the world takes in-depth look at microcredit, an emerging and innovative self-help system that could help reduce Third World poverty. Online viewer’s guide will show viewers how they can become part of the solution. Outreach efforts will be coordinated with the U.N. Capital Development Fund, Year of Microcredit.

State of the Planet
Producing organization: Screenscope Inc. Presenting station: South Carolina ETV. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Major funders: National Science Founda-tion, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Executive producer: Marilyn Weiner. Director/writer: Hal Weiner. Host/narrator: Matt Damon. Contact: Polly Kosko, koskoscetv.org.
Linked to Screenscope’s Journey To Planet Earth series, special presents an up-to-date “state of the environment” assessment of ecosystem performance and human health. Outreach activities will focus on family-oriented Citizen Science Project. Web: pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth.

Step by Step: Kids Trimming Down
Producing station: Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Distributor: NETA. Episodes: 6 x 30. Status: postproduction. Budget: $60,000. Major funder: Reilly Family Foundation. Executive producer: Clay Fourrier. Producer: Dorothy Kendrick. Editor: Keith Crew. Contact: Dorothy Kendrick, 800-272-8161.
Looks at causes of childhood obesity, its consequences, and what can be done to help children lead a healthier lifestyle. Outreach will include distributing information to stations, pediatricians, other organizations.

Stig Rossen: This Is the Moment
Producing organization: Ugly Duckling 2 Swan. Presenting station: Detroit PTV. Episodes: 1 x 80, 1 x 120 with pledge event. Status: postproduction. Talent: Stig Rossen. Contact: Diane Bliss, dblissdptv.org.
Showcases Stig Rossen, who performed Jean Valjean in more 1,500 performances of Les Miserables, in an 80-minute concert shot in HD at Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens.

Stop Crying in Silence
Producing organization: Fanal Productions. Presented by NBPC. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: complete. Producer: Rachele Magloire. Contact: Leslie Fields-Cruz, infonbpc.tv, 212-828-7588.
Doc about a group of Haitian women, raped and tortured during the first coup of President Aristide, who come together to seek justice against the perpetrators and begin collective healing.

Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Digital Ranch and DocDance Productions. Presenting station: WGBH. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: postproduction. Senior executive producer: Paula S. Apsell. Executive producer: David Rubinson. Producer: Diane Estelle Vicari. Director: Rob Kirk. Contact: Jonathan Renes, jonathan_reneswgbh.org, 617-300-4427.
Tells the story of Chuine Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who single-handedly saved more than 2,000 lives by issuing visas to Jewish refugees so they could flee the Nazi onslaught.

Supersized America
Producing organization: Medical Center Television Inc. Presenting station: Houston PBS. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: UCS, Rentsys, Weatherhead Foundation. Producer: Tony Burden. Houston PBS coordinating producer: Michael Carr. Contact: Michael Carr, mcarrhoustonpbs.org, 713-743-8687.
Walter Cronkite anchors a team of television journalists whose reports put the obesity crisis in perspective, revealing how America got so fat and what can be done about it. Each of the three programs explores a particular aspect of obesity—crisis, cause and cure.

Suze Orman: For the Young, Fabulous & Broke
Producing station: Twin Cities Public Television. Episodes: 1 x 60, designed for pledge. Status: production. Major funders: Lending Tree, PBS. Executive producer: Gerry Richman. Producer: Phylis Geller. Director: Joe Brandmeier. Contact: Elaine Powell, epowelltpt.org, 651-229-1378.
Financial expert Suze Orman targets Americans in the crucial years when they’re starting out in economic world. Orman tells 25- to 35-year-olds (and their parents, who can help guide them) how to lay the foundation for a solid financial life.

Tai Chi for the Body & Mind with David Carradine (w.t.)
Producing organization: Goldhil Home Media Group. Presenting station: Detroit PTV. Episodes: 1 x 60, 1 x 90 with pledge event. Status: postproduction. Host: David Carradine. Contact: Diane Bliss, dblissdptv.org
David Carradine takes viewers on an inward journey to relax the mind and on an outward journey to energize the body utilizing the age-old principles of Tai Chi.

Through the Eyes of the Sculptor
Producing organization: Asti-Trevi Productions. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $150,000. Major funders: Annenberg Foundation, Walker-Zanger, Industrial Products Division, United States Gypsum Co. Producers: Gina Minervini, Emmanuel Fillion. Director/ writer/narrator: Gina Minervini. Host: Emmanuel Fillion. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_Barlow APTonline.org.
Master sculptor Emmanuel Fillion takes viewers step-by-step through the creation of a classical marble sculpture, Genesis, from concept to completion of carving.

True Lives
Producing organization: American Documentary Inc. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 3 x 30, 3 x 90. Status: complete. Major funder: Tides Foundation. Executive producer: Cara Mertes. Contact: Chris White, cwhite pov.org.
A new programming initiative from the producers of P.O.V. that revisits classics from the P.O.V. library, repackaging them in three-part themed collections such as “True Lives: Women’s Stories” and “True Lives: Taking A Stand.”

Turkey: The Roots and Rise of the Republic
Producing organization: Ward Communications LLC. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: preproduction, scripting. Producers: Beverly Hubric, Jonathan Ward. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_Barlow APTonline.org.
Historical doc explores the unique governmental, social, and religious structure of Turkey, the eastern country that looks to the West.

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall
of Jack Johnson
Producing organizations: Florentine Films and WETA. Episodes: 2 x 120. Status: complete. Major funders: General Motors Corp., PBS, CPB, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Rosalind P. Walter. Executive producers for WETA: Dalton Delan, David S. Thompson. Director: Ken Burns. Producers: Ken Burns, Paul Barnes, Dave Schaye. Contact: Dewey Blanton, dblantonweta.com.
Bio of the man who became the first black heavyweight champion of the world in 1908, and his battles against his two greatest enemies: the U.S. government and himself. Outreach will target middle- and high school students nationwide. Companion book and CD planned.

Victory in the Pacific
Producing organization: Austin Hoyt Productions for WGBH. Presented by American Experience. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: production. Major funders: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Liberty Mutual, Scotts Co., CPB, PBS. Executive producer: Mark Samels. Producer/director/ writer: Austin Hoyt. Co-producer: Melissa Martin. Contact: Marcia Storkerson, 617-300-2420
Okinawa: The largest amphibious invasion of World War II’s Pacific theater and the last major campaign of the Pacific War, where more people died than during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Waves
Producing organization: Michael Ronayne. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funder: CIE Tours. Producer: Michael Ronayne. Composer: Charlie Lennon. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_BarlowAPTonline.org.
Story of the Great Irish Famine of the 1840s and subsequent Irish emigration to the United States, told through song, music, and dance by a contemporary Irish performance group.

Zonya’s Health Bites
Producing organization: Zonya Health International. Presenting station: UNC-TV, Research Triangle Park, N.C.. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: postproduction. Budget: $60,000. Director: Scott Foco. Host: Zonya Foco. Contact: Scott Foco, Zonya Health International, scottfocoyahoo.com, 517-467-6995 x103.
A show about food, fitness and fun. Zonya Foco, registered dietitian, shows you how to “put it all together” for a healthy lifestyle. Web: zonya.com.

Summer 2005

Imagining America: Icons of 20th Century Art
Producing organizations: Muse Film and Television and Public Media, Inc. Presenting station: South Carolina ETV. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction
Budget: $1.1 million. Major funders: Terra Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, NEA, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Whitney Museum of American Art. Producer/ director: Hart Perry. Creators/writers: Jonathan Fineberg, John Carlin.
Contact: Polly Kosko, koskoscetv.org, 803-737-3372.
Thematic doc examines the work of 15 major American artists who helped develop a new relationship to nature, identity and media in the 20th century. Integrated website and DVD planned.

Jericho
Producing organizations: London Weekend Television and WGBH. Presented by Mystery! Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: production. Major funder: PBS. WGBH executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
Original series starring Robert Lyndsay as Michael Jericho, a renegade Scotland Yard detective. Set in the late 1950s’ turbulent period of social upheaval.

P.D. James’ Murder Room
Producing organizations: BBC and WGBH. Presented by Mystery! Episodes: 2 x 90. Status: postproduction. Major funders: PBS. WGBH executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
An adaptation of P.D. James’ best-selling Inspector Dalgliesh novel, starring Martin Shaw, Michael Maloney and Samantha Bond.

Railroad Empire
Producing station: KCSM, San Mateo, Calif. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60, 1 x 90 with pledge event. Status: complete. Budget: $30,000. Major funder: North American Railroad Foundation. Executive producer: Dante Betteo. Director: Kaveh Nikpour. Contact: Juanita Celaya, juanita_celayakcsm.net, 650-524-6925.
Examines how the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 linked California with the rest of the nation and ushered in an era of economic consolidation.

Reconnections
Producing station: KCSM, San Mateo, Calif. Distribu-tor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60, formatted for pledge. Status: completed. Budget: $100,000. Major funder: Applied Materials. Executive producer: Dante Betteo. Director: Kaveh Nikpour. Hosts: James Burke, Michael Malone. Contact: Juanita Celaya, juanita_celayakcsm.net, 650-524-6925.
James Burke, science writer and host of the PBS series Connections and The Day the Universe Changed, returns for a 25th anniversary special.

Sound Opinions
Producing station: WTTW, Chicago. Episodes: 44 x 30. Status: preproduction. Executive producer: Randy King. Producer: Matt Spiegel. Contact: Shaunese Teamer, steamerwttw.com, 773.509.5441.
The world’s only rock ’n’ roll talk show, created and hosted by Jim DeRogatis, pop critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and Greg Kot, rock critic for the Tribune.

Fall 2005

Adventure Lodges of North America
Producing station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: preproduction, fundraising. Budget: $700,000. Major funder: PBS. Executives in charge of production for OPB: David Davis, Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: John Grant. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Transports viewers to awe-inspiring, rarely seen American wilderness destinations, places that can be reached only on foot or by ski, mule, boat or aircraft.

America Rebuilds: Foundations of Freedom
Producing organization: Great Projects Film Co. Inc. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $800,000. Major funders: PBS/CPB Challenge Fund, American Society of Civil Engineers. Executive producers: Kenneth Mandel, Daniel B. Polin. Contact: Kenneth Mandel, kmandelgreatprojects.com, 212-581-1700.
This program continues where 2002’s A Year at Ground Zero left off, following the reopening of the PATH commuter rail line and announcements of designs for the Freedom Tower. Web: www.pbs.org/americarebuilds.

Andy Warhol
Producing organization: Steeplechase Films. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: postproduction. Producer/director: Ric Burns. Producers: Donald Rosenfeld, Daniel Wolf. Co-producer: Marilyn Ness. Contact: Marilyn Ness, mailsteeplechasefilms.com.
A sometimes troubling, often moving portrait of the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, in the turbulent context of his life and times.

Armenian Genocide
Producing organization: Two Cats Productions. Present-ing station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: preproduction. Budget: $350,000. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Producer for Two Cats Productions: Andrew Goldberg. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Story of the 1915 killing of as many as 1.5 million innocent Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks and Kurds, still denied by the Turkish government.

A Castle in Every Heart: The Life of Arto Marco, Designer of America’s First Theme Park
Producing station: Mountain Lake PBS, Platts-burgh, N.Y. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $25,000. Major funders: family of Steve Carpenter, family of Doug Waterbury, Knight Automotive Inc., Northern Car Crushing. Producer/director/writer/host: Derek Muirden. Contact: Derek Muirden, Derekmountainlake.org.
The life of Adirondack resident Arto Monaco, who in the late 1940s designed Santa’s Workshop near Lake Placid, N.Y., and later built The Land of Makebelieve in his own backyard.

A Cemetery Special
Producing station: WQED Multimedia/Pittsburgh. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Major funders: PBS, CPB. Producer: Rick Sebak. Contact: Katrina Prentice, kprenticewqed.org, 412-622-1457.
A celebration of American cemeteries, their histories, their tombstones and the people who love and care for them.

Christmas at Luther
Producing organizations: Iowa PTV and Luther Col-lege. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: preproduction. Executive producer: Jerry Grady. Producers/directors: Mark Foust, Pat Rowen. Contact: Wayne Bruns, 515-242-4183.
Festive music, robed choristers and glowing candlelight from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, capture the joy of the Christmas season.

Country Boys (w.t.)
Producing organizations: David Sutherland Productions Inc. and WGBH/Frontline in association with ITVS. Episodes: 3 x 120. Status: editing. Budget: $3 million. Major funders: PBS, CPB, ITVS, Island Fund at the New York Community Trust. Producer/director: David Sutherland. Executive producer for ITVS: Sally Jo Fifer. Executive producer for Frontline special projects: Mike Sullivan. Executive producer for Frontline: David Fanning. Contact: Jim Bracciale, jim_bracciale wgbh.org, or Randall Cole, randall_coleitvs.org.
Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America for this moving portrait of four teenage boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky. See details of outreach campaign at itvs.org/outreach.

Democracy on Deadline
Producing organizations: WNET and Lumiere Produc-tions. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: postproduction. Execu-tive producer: Stephen Segaller. Producer/director: Calvin Skaggs. Contact: Lisa Braun, braun thirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Explores the relationship between journalism and the functioning of a democratic society. Maps the struggle for press freedom around the globe.

A Doula Story
Producing organization: The Kindling Group. Presented by NBPC. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production complete, outreach under development. Budget: $350,000 for production, $450,000 for outreach. Major funders: Irving Harris Foundation, Sundance Documentary Fund. Director/producer: Daniel Alpert. Editor: Susanne Suffredin. Contact: Daniel Alpert, dannykindlinggroup.org, 773-728-8489.
Chronicles one woman’s fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the knowledge and skills they need to become confident, nurturing mothers. The producers are collaborating with Active Voice and the Chicago Health Connection to engage the public in discussions about teen pregnancy, parenting, prenatal care and early childhood development, and to replicate the doula (childbirth educator) model in five communities.

Edens: Lost & Found
Producing organization: Wiland Bell Productions. Presenting station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 2 x 60 or 1 x 20. Status: production. Budget: $2.2 million. Major funder: MacArthur Foundation. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Executive producers/producers/ directors: Harry Wiland, Dale Bell. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Hosted doc examines how grassroots groups and government officials are working to improve the quality of life in four cities—Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and Philadelphia—through various innovative programs.

E=MC2 (w.t.)
Producing station: WGBH. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: production. Major funders: National Science Founda-tion, Channel Four (U.K.), NDR (Germany), ARTE (France/Germany). Senior executive producer: Paula Apsell. Writer/director: Gary Johnstone. Producer: John Smithson. Contact: Alan Ritsko, alan_ritsko wgbh.org, 617-300-4366.
Based on David Bodanis’s best-selling book, E=mc2, the program uses dramatic and doc techniques to chronicle the origins of the famous equation and how it has changed the world. Outreach will include tool kit for students, including girls and underserved minorities.

Extreme Guitar
Producing organization: IWV Media Group Inc. Epi-sodes: 26 x 30. Status: fundraising. Budget: $1.8 million. Executive producers: Maureen Millen, Ward Bond, Pamela Burt. Writer: Rick Beeman. Contact: Maureen Millen, mmillenhouston.rr.com.
Viewers get rock guitar lessons from famed players brought into the living room by host Rusty Cooley, named seventh-fastest shredder of all time in Guitar One magazine. Genres include classic rock, Southern rock, progressive rock, heavy metal and jazz rock. Web: extremeguitartv.com.

Genies (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Brown & Brennan Inc. and Sailor Jones Media. Presenting station: KBYU-TV, Provo, Utah. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: fundraising. Budget: $800,000. Producers: Marcy Brown, Barbara Jones. Researcher/writer/possible host: Megan Smolenyak. Contact: Marcy Brown, marcy
brownandbrennan.com, 801-318-8848.
A series for the wannabe sleuth in every viewer. In each episode, a team of professional genealogists (“genies”) makes family-history wishes come true for a volunteer participant. Viewers and teachers’ guides, community outreach toolkits planned.

Global Health (w.t.)
Producing organizations: A co-production of Nova Science Unit and Vulcan Productions. Presenting station: WGBH. Episodes: 6 x 60. Status: production. Major funders: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Executive in charge, WGBH Science Unit: Paula Apsell. Executive producer for Vulcan Productions: Richard Hutton. Executive producer: Larry Klein. Contact: Lisa Mirowitz, senior producer, lisa_mirowitzwgbh.org, 617-300-4272.
Medical breakthroughs eradicated many of the deadliest diseases during the past century. But old threats like tuberculosis are surging back while new plagues such as AIDS are raging. Project includes a public radio series, a companion book, website, online teacher’s guide and a partnership with Time magazine. A major social impact campaign aims to assist child survival with local community coalitions and national events.

In Search of Myths and Heroes
Producing organization: Maya Vision International Ltd. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: postproduction. Executive producers: Leo Eaton (U.S.), Krishan Arora (U.K.). Produ-cer: Rebecca Dobbs. Directors: Jeremy Jeffs, Sean Smith. Editor: Gerry Branigan. Writer/host: Michael Wood. Contact: Rebecca Dobbs, rebecca
mayavisionint.com.
Michael Woods sets out on a new series of adventures, crossing exotic landscapes and seeking the history behind such myths as Shangri-La, the Queen of Sheba, Jason and the Argonauts and Arthur King of the Britons.

Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Adventures
Producing organizations: KQED, San Francisco, and Ocean Futures Society. Episodes: 4 x 60, 1 x 120. Status: fundraising. Budget: $6.5 million, including outreach, website, promotion, evaluation. Executive producers: Jean-Michel Cousteau, Danny L. McGuire. Contact: Elizabeth Pepin, KQED, epepinkqed.org, 415-553-2340.
HD view of the Earth’s oceans follows Cousteau and his crew of young scientists and divers as they explore unseen sights and examine the behavior of mysterious sea creatures. The camera will swim with sharks, visit the remote island of Kure, find sunken treasures, follow the gray whale obstacle course and explore ghost shipwrecks.

Las Vegas
Producing organizations: Insignia Films for WGBH. Presented by American Experience. Episodes: 2 x 90. Status: production. Major funders: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Liberty Mutual, Scotts Co., CPB, PBS. Executive producer: Mark Samels. Producer/director: Stephen Ives. Co-producer: Amanda Pollak. Writer: Michelle Ferrari. Contact: Marcia Storkerson, 617-300-2420.
Traces the development of a remote frontier way station that became the “Gateway to the Hoover Dam,” the mid-century Sin City and, on the eve of the city’s centennial, a corporately financed, postmodern desert fantasyland.

Legends of Jazz
Producing organizations: WTTW, Chicago, and LRSmedia. Distributor: APT Exchange. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: fundraising. Executive producer: Randy King. Creator/host: Ramsey Lewis. Contact: Shaunese Teamer, steamerwttw.com. 773-509-5441.
Grammy-winning pianist Ramsey Lewis interviews and performs with significant jazz artists and producers. Shot in HD. Web: legendsofjazz.net.

The Meaning of the 21st Century
Producing organization: Three Roads Communications. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: fundraising. Budget $1.1 million. Major funder: Jefferson Legacy Foundation. Producer: Russ Hodge. Contact: Judy Barlow, Judy_Barlowaptonline.org.
HD series hosted by scientist James Martin, author of a book by the same name, on how emerging technologies may solve or accelerate century’s major problems.

Native Americans in the 21st Century
Producing organizations: NAPT and Adanvdo Vision. Episodes: 2 x 90. Status: postproduction. Budget: $1.4 million. Major funders: CPB, PBS, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, ITVS. Executive in charge of production: Frank Blythe. Executive producer: Carol Cornsilk. Producers: Carol Cornsilk, Sam Hurst. Series senior producers: Hanay Gelogamah, Phil Lucas. Contact: Shirley K. Sneve, assistant director, NAPT, ssneve2unl.edu, 402-472-3522.
Character-driven docs examine Native Americans’ struggle for identity in two settings—the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and urban Indians in Los Angeles. Themes addressed include gaming, sovereignty, language preservation, blood quantum, treaty rights and efforts to restore traditional culture. With outreach and educators’ discussion guides, online features, workshops at conferences.

The Power of Art
Producing organizations: BBC and WNET. Episodes: 8 x 60. Status: production. Major funders: CPB, PBS, Dorothy and Lewis Cullman. Executive producer for WNET: Margaret Smilow. Producer: Clare Bevan. Writer/host: Simon Schama. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Acclaimed art historian Simon Schama recounts the dramatic times of great works by eight artists: Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Rothko and Picasso.

Raising Cain
Producing organizations: Oregon Public Broadcasting and Powderhouse Productions. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: production. Budget: $1 million. Major funder: PBS. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Series producers: Tug Yourgrau, Joel Olicker. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Psychologist Michael Thompson explores and champions the emotional life of boys. Viewers meet boys, their parents, teachers and coaches as the kids grapple with growing up male in America.

Rape of Europa
Producing organizations: Actual Films and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $1.1 million. Major funders: NEA, NEH. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Executive producer/series producer for Actual Films: Bonni Cohen. Series co-producer: Richard Berge. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
HD production tells how the Nazis looted Europe’s treasures and how others have tried to restore the art works to their rightful owners.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Producing organizations: Tiger Aspect and WGBH. Presented by Masterpiece Theatre. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: production. Executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Cast: Rupert Everett, Ian Hart. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
Original script and production from the team that remade The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Rick Steves’ European Christmas
Producing organizations: Back Door Productions and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 1 x 60, 1 x 90 pledge special. Status: preproduction. Budget: $400,000. Major funders: PBS. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producers for OPB: David Davis and Tom Doggett. Executive producer for Back Door: Simon Griffiths. Host/co-executive producer: Rick Steves. Contact: Tom Doggett, tom_doggett opb.org, 503-293-4014.
Join Rick Steves for a celebration of Christmas in Europe, with a colorful montage of rich holiday traditions and history.

The Seasoned Traveler
Producing station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: fundraising. Budget: $750,000. Executive in charge of production: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer: David Davis. Series producer/host: George Bauer. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
George Bauer hosts a travel series geared to the special needs of baby boomers and beyond.

Walking the Bible
Producing organization: Maya Vision International Ltd. and Total Media Group. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: production. Producer: Rebecca Dobbs. Director: David Wallace. Writer/host: Bruce Feiler. Contact: Rebecca Dobbs, rebeccamayavisionint.com.
Bruce Feiler, author of the best-seller Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses, takes viewers on a wide-eyed adventure in Turkey, Mesopotamia, the Nile and the Sinai Desert.

War Plane (w.t.)
Producing organizations: WNET and Granada Tele-vision (U.K.). Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: fundraising. Major funder: Sloan Foundation. Executive producer: Jared Lipworth. Contact: Lisa Braun, braun thirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
The technological developments, breakthrough inventions, personal stories and unprecedented cooperation between nations that shaped air warfare and transformed the way battles are waged.

The War That Made America
Producing station: WQED Multimedia/Pittsburgh. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funders: Eden Hall Foundation, Grable Founda-tion, Henry E. Haller Jr. Foundation, Heinz Endowments, Hillman Foundation, Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation, Laurel Foundation, Kathe-rine Mabis McKenna Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, NEH, Pennsylvania Humani-ties Council, Pittsburgh Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation. Co-executive producers: Deborah Acklin, Laura Fisher. Producers/directors/writers: Ben Loeterman, Eric Stange. Contact: Deborah Acklin, dacklinwqed.org, 412-622-1314.
HD series on the French and Indian War, which set the stage for the American Revolution. Outreach efforts will include secondary-school curriculum and classroom activities. Companion book by Fred Anderson to be published by Viking Press. Web: www.thewarthatmadeamerica.org.

What’s Next with Andrew Shapiro
Producing station: WNET. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: R&D. Executive producer: Stephen Segaller. Executive producer/host: Andrew Shapiro. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Author and technology consultant Andrew Shapiro explores innovation in every area of life — new technology, global culture, fresh ideas, inventive business models and entrepreneurship.

Window to the Sea
Producing organizations: Oregon Public Broadcasting, Driftwood Productions and WNED, Buffalo. Presenting station: WNED. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $300,000. Major funder: PBS. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for Driftwood Productions: John Grant. Contact: John Grant, jajgrantaol.com.
Pilot for series exploring ocean life by looking at what goes on in leading American aquariums.

Windsor: A Royal Year
Producing organization: RDF Media (U.K.) and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: production. Major funder: PBS. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Executive producer for RDF: Martin Davidson.
Martin Davidson, e.p. of Simon Schama’s History of Britain, heads a behind-the-scenes production on life at the British Royal Family’s castle as seen by the people who work there.

WWJD: What Would Jesus Do?
Producing station: KTWU, Topeka, Kan. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: preproduction, scripting. Executive producer: Eugene Williams. Producer: David Kendall. Co-producer: Philip Grecian. Contact: Dave Kendall, kendallwashburn.edu.
How the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, famed Topeka preacher and author of In His Steps, introduced the question, “What would Jesus do?” Influenced by the social gospel movement, his 1896 book became an international best-seller, raising ethical questions still relevant today.

The Zula Patrol
Producing organizations: Zula USA LLC, The Hatchery LLC and NM8 Studios. Presenting station: University of North Carolina TV. Distributor: APT. Episodes: 26 x 30. Status: production. Budget: $7.5 million. Creator/ executive producer: Deborah M. Manchester. Executive producers: Beth Hubbard, Margaret Loesch, Dan Angel, Bruce Stein. Head writers: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark. Contact: Jill Newhouse Calcaterra, jcalcaterraatt.net, 310-471-0197.
A group of 3-D animated characters travels the galaxies, exploring and solving problems while introducing children—pre-kindergarten through second grade—to concepts of science and astronomy. Show also promotes nonviolence and tolerance. Outreach efforts will include cooperation with local children’s and science museums. Web: thezulapatrol.com.

Sometime in 2005

Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
Producing organizations: Maya Vision International Ltd. and Total Media Group. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: preproduction, scripting. Producer: Rebecca Dobbs. Writer/host: Bruce Feiler. Contact: Rebecca Dobbs, rebeccamayavisionint.com.
Bruce Feiler’s televised quest to understand the man at the heart of the world’s three monotheistic religions as well as today’s deadliest conflicts.

Aleut Story
Producing organization: SprocketHeads, LLC. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: postproduction. Budget: $500,000. Major funders: Rasmuson Foundation, NAPT, Aleutian Pribilof Heritage Group Inc., Paul G. Allen Foundations, First Alaskans Inc., Aleutians Pribilof Island Community Development Association, Ounalashka Corp., CIRI Foundation, Aleut Foundation, At-Sea Processors Association, Atka Fisherman’s Association and Tanadquisix-Village Corp. of St. George. Executive producer: Carolyn K. Robinson. Producer/writer: Marla Williams. Director of photography: Steven L. Rychetnik. Contact: Shirley K. Sneve, ssneve2unl.edu, 402-472-3522.
Story of the Alaskan Aleut nation’s decades-long struggle for survival and its ideals from within internment camps and other desperate situations.

Berlin (w.t.)
Producing station: WNET. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: R&D. Executive producer: William Grant. Producers: Bob Kotlowitz, Jack Sameth, Katherine Tatge. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Film portrait of Berlin, set 10 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and a half-century after the Holocaust, explores the historical traces of the city’s Jewish history.

The Chosen Pariah: Anti-Semitism
in the 21st Century (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Two Cats Productions, Passion Play Projections and the Berenbaum Group. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: production. Budget: $600,000. Major funders: Harvey and Constance Krueger Foundation, Josh and Judy Weston Foundation, Nash Family Foundation and Oppenheimer Educational Foundation. Executive producers: Andrew Goldberg, Douglas Chang. Contact: Andrew Goldberg, Andrewtwocatstv.com, 212-965-9830 and Douglas Chang, Passionplayemail.com.
Explores the recent rise in global anti-Semitism and attempts to separate the historical phenomenon from overlapping contemporary social and political debates. Also suggests ways to combat anti-Semitism. Web: twocatstv.com.

Crossroads
Producing organization: Insight Productions. Distributor: PBS Plus. Episodes: 10 x 60. Status: fundraising. Budget: $900,000. Executive producer: Bradley Latham. Series producer: Bill Einreinhofer. Contact: Bradley Latham, infoinsight-productions.com.
Hosted by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, series showcases exceptional new music and non-mainstream performers.

The Evergreen Project (w.t.)
Producing organization: Seniors Media Lab. Presenting station: KTEH, San Jose, Calif. Episodes: 130 x 30. Status: fundraising. Budget: $1.7 million pilot, $9.5 million annually. Major funders: California Endowment, John A. Hartford Foundation, Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund. Executive producer: Harley Christensen. Executive producer, TV and web: Ben Bayol. Research director: Betsy Blosser. Contact: Harley Christensen, HarChraol.com, 415-453-6576.
Daily series for anyone who’s reached midlife or who loves and cares for someone who’s growing older. Series hopes to redefine middle age and beyond as a time packed with as much gusto, adventure, growth, possibilities and meaning as any that viewers have already experienced—as well as being a time of changes and challenges that require new knowledge, understanding and support. Outreach with health and aging-related organizations planned.

Exploring Space: The Hunt for Life in the Universe
Producing organizations: KCTS, Seattle, and NHK (Japan). Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: postproduction. Budget: $902,000. Major funders: PBS, estate of Sperry H. Goodman. Senior producer/writer: Scott Pearson. Editor: Tracy Dethlefs. Contact: Tom Niemi, tniemi kcts.org.
HD special about the hunt for the origins of life across the universe. Web: pbs.org/exploringspace.

Marie Antoinette
Producing organizations: David Grubin Productions with Cineteve, in association with PBS, ARTE, BBC, ORF and DDE. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: production. Producer/director/writer: David Grubin. Contact: Linda Ekizian, lekizianddegroup.com, 202-686-3980 x331.
Filmed in Austria and France, doc tells the story of the often-misunderstood monarch beheaded during the French Revolution.

Medved and . . . (w.t.)
Producing organizations: WETA and CamGracily Productions Inc. Distributor: PBS Plus. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: fundraising. Executive producers for WETA: Dalton Delan, John Potthast. Executive producers for CamGracily: John Davies, Mark Mori, Kent Zbornak. Contact: Dewey Blanton, dblantonweta.com.
Critic and commentator Michael Medved and guests will explore the culture behind the entertainment and media enveloping citizens on a daily basis.

Miss Lucy: Plain and Simple
Producing organizations: Louisiana Public Broadcasting and Classic Cajun, LLC. Distributor: NETA. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: fundraising. Budget: $133,000. Executive producer: Clay Fourrier. Producer: Allegra Yancey. Host: Lucy Zaunbrecher. Contact: Bob Neese, bneeselpb.org, 800-272-8161.
Cajun cook Lucy Zaunbrecher shows how to prepare Cajun delicacies and how to shop for the right ingredients.

Movie Music: ’50s Pop Crooners
Producing organization: TJL Productions. Episodes: 1 x 74, 1 x 150 with pledge events. Status: preproduction. Major funders: PBS, Retropolis/Shout Factory. Execu-tive producer/director/writer: T.J. Lubinsky. Contact: T.J. Lubinsky, tjlubinskyverizon.net, 412-822-8330.
Will feature clips and singers of popular movies from the ’50s. Companion DVD and CD boxed set planned. Simulcasts planned on cooperating commercial radio stations.

My Music
Producing organization: TJL Productions. Episodes: 3 x 74, 3 x 150 with pledge events. Status: preproduction, scripting. Major funders: PBS, Retropolis/Shout Factory. Executive producer/director/writer: T.J. Lubinsky. Contact: T.J. Lubinsky, tjlubinsky
verizon.net, 412-822-8330.
Continuing on the success of 2004’s My Music titles, Superstars of ’70s Soul and The Disco Years, three more My Music shows are planned: Funky Soul Legends, The ’60s Experience and Motown: The ’60s. Each features live performances mixed with archival clips. Companion DVD and CD boxed set planned. Simulcasts planned on cooperating commercial radio stations.

Swan Lake with American Ballet Theatre (w.t.)
Producing station: WNET. Presented by Great Performances: Dance in America. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: fundraising, preproduction. Major funders: Ernst & Young, CPB, PBS, NEA, Lewis Ranieri, LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Belle and Murray Nathan and William Gillespie. Producer: Judy Kinberg. Director: Matthew Diamond. Contact: Lisa Braun, braun
thirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
To be recorded in HD at the Kennedy Center, visually stunning new production of the revered classical ballet stars new sensation Gillian Murphy as well as the celebrated Angel Corella.

Trudell: The Lives and Words of John Trudell
Producing organization: Iron Circle Pictures. Episodes: 1 x 60. Budget: $215,000. Major funder: NAPT. Produ-cer: Heather Rae. Contact: Shirley K. Sneve, ssneve2 unl.edu, 402-472-3522.
Doc chronicles the life and work of Native American poet/activist John Trudell.

Winter/Spring 2006

Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple II
Producing organizations: Granada (U.K.) and WGBH in association with Agatha Christie Ltd. (a Chorion company). Presented by Mystery! Episodes: 8 x 60. Status: postproduction. Major funder: PBS. Executive producer: Rebecca Eaton. Contact: Steven Ashley, steven_ashleywgbh.org, 617-300-2518.
Four adaptations of Agatha Christie’s popular Miss Marple novels, starring Geraldine McEwan.

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
Producing organization: James Agee Film Project. Presenting stations: Oregon Public Broadcasting and Kentucky ETV. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $3 million. Major funders: National Science Foundation, NEH. Co-producers: Ross Spears, Jamie Ross. Senior producer: Paul Wagner. Composer: Kenton Coe. Editor: David Minckler. Contact: Ross Spears, 301-277-3880; Jamie Ross, 828-258-0387.
The story of Appalachia from the birth of the mountains 500 million years ago to the present. Focuses on the social, political and environmental history of the region, exploring the dynamic intersection of natural history with human history. Featuring Barbara Kingsolver, E.O. Wilson, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Outreach to target schools, museums, community groups. Companion book planned. Web: Appalachiafilm.org.

The Age of AIDS (w.t.)
Producing organizations: A Frontline co-production with Carlton International, Paladin InVision Ltd. and Silverbridge Productions Ltd., in association with Channel Four (U.K.). Presenting station: WGBH. Episodes: 2 x 120. Status: research, preproduction. Major funders: PBS, CPB, Granada. Executive producer for special projects, Frontline: Mike Sullivan. Executive producer: David Fanning. Producers/directors: William Cran, Renata Simone, Greg Barker, Anne Marie Goodwin. Contact: Jim Bracciale, jim_braccialewgbh.org.
HIV/AIDS still races ahead of the world’s best treatment and prevention strategies, with more than 16,000 people becoming infected each day. Series recounts three strands of the AIDS story: the scientific race to identify—and ultimately find a cure for—the disease, the social and political factors that have hindered education and treatment initiatives, and the human toll that AIDS has taken on millions of infected individuals around the world.

Alexander Hamilton: A Battle for America’s Soul
Producing organizations: Twin Cities PTV in association with Middlemarch Films Inc. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: fundraising. Major funders: NEH, CPB/PBS Challenge Fund. Executive producer: Catherine Allan. Producer/director: Muffie Meyer. Writer: Ron Blumer. Contact: Catherine Allan, callantpt.org, 651-229-1374.
The story of the underappreciated genius who laid the groundwork for America’s modern economy—including the U.S. banking system, Wall Street and an “opportunity society” in which talent and hard work, not birth, determined success.

Depression (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Twin Cities PTV and Nova/WGBH Science Unit. Episodes: 1 x 90 with 1 x 30 follow-up. Status: fundraising. Executive producers: Paula Apsell, Naomi Boak. Producer: Larkin McPhee. Contact: Naomi Boak, nboaktpt.org, 651-229-1125.
Doc explores depression’s complex terrain, offering a comprehensive and timely examination of this devastating disorder. National follow-up show will be tied to local resources and support.

Eugene O’Neill (w.t.)
Producing organization: Steeplechase Films for WGBH. Presented by American Experience. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: postproduction. Major funders: CPB, PBS, Liberty Mutual, Scotts Co., Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Executive producer: Mark Samels. Producer/director/ writer: Ric Burns. Co-producer: Marilyn Ness. Contact: Marcia Storkerson, 617-300-2420.
He was America’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright. This doc follows O’Neill’s turbulent story, from his childhood though the ascendant years of his prolific career to his lonely, painful death at age 65.

Faith in the Hood (w.t.)
Producing organizations: University of Virginia’s Center on Religion and Democracy and Paul Wagner Produc-tions. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $300,000. Major funder: Celerity Foundation. Producers: Paul Wagner, Ada Babino, Edward Scott. Contact: Paul Wagner, pwagnercstone.net.
n A spiritual portrait of the inner city: the churches, religious groups, and people of Southeast Washington, D.C., whose faith redeems themselves and their community. Web: religionanddemocracy.lib.virginia.edu.

Fighting Fat: America’s Obesity Epidemic
Producing station: Twin Cities PTV. Episodes: 1 x 90 with 1 x 30 follow-up. Status: fundraising. Executive producer: Naomi Boak. Contact: Naomi Boak, nboaktpt.org, 651-229-1125.
Modeled on TPT’s The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s, the project offers fresh understanding, hope and practical advice for the millions of Americans grappling with what the Centers for Disease Control call the nation’s “most important public health issue.” A national follow-up special is tied to local resources and outreach.

From the Top
Producing organizations: WGBH and From the Top Inc. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: fundraising, preproduction. Executive producers: Laurie Donnelly for WGBH, Gerald Slavet for From the Top. Host: Christopher O’Riley. Contact: Blyth Lord, blyth_lordwgbh.org.
Based on the four-year-old public radio series of the same name, series showcases America’s most talented teenage classical musicians, sharing the stage with guest stars who are their idols and mentors in front of a live audience at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. Web:
fromthetop.org.

The Gold Rush (w.t.)
Producing organizations: Yellow Jersey Films for WGBH in association with KQED. Presented by American Experience. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: preproduction. Major funders: CPB, PBS, Liberty Mutual, Scotts Co., Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, NEH. Executive producer: Mark Samels. Producer/director: Randall MacLowry. Writer: Michelle Ferrari. Contact: Marcia Storkerson, 617-300-2420.
Told through stories of a small group of diverse characters—Chinese, Chilean, Northern, Southern, black, white— program traces the evolution of the Gold Rush from the easy riches of its first few months to fierce competition for a few good claims.

Good Medicine
Producing organization: Twin Cities PTV in association with Middlemarch Films Inc. Episodes: 2 x 60. Status: fundraising. Executive producer: Catherine Allan. Producer: Muffie Meyer. Contact: Catherine Allan, callantpt.org, 651-229-1374.
Documentary follows in the footsteps of Bill Moyers’ influential Healing and the Mind. It documents integrative medicine in action: conventional medicine working with alternative strategies, the latest 21st-century scientific research into the mind/body connection, and changes in the doctor/patient relationship. Companion book, national outreach initiative planned.

Good Work
Producing organizations: Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and American Focus Inc. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $400,000. Major funders: NEA, Associated General Contractors of America. Producers/directors: Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner. Contact: Paul Wagner, pwagnercstone.net.
Celebrates fine craftsmanship in the building arts—featuring a father-daughter team of decorative painters who helped restore New York’s Grand Central Station, an African-American plasterer in New Orleans, a Latino adobe worker, and a stained glass worker at the National Cathedral and a stone carver who worked on the World War II Memorial, both in Washington, D.C.

Heart Disease: The Hidden Epidemic
Producing organizations: WGBH in association with Elizabeth Arledge Productions. Episodes: 1 x 90 with 1 x 30 follow-up special. Status: fundraising, preproduction. Executive producer: Laurie Donnelly. Producer: Elizabeth Arledge. Contact: Blyth Lord, blyth_lord wgbh.org.
Explores the disease’s history and current impact and the story of new and promising treatments and prevention. It will present portraits of patients, doctors, and researchers fighting both personal and societal battles on the frontiers of a new era in medical science. Extensive outreach planned, targeting disease-focused organizations and their local chapters. Electronic toolkit for stations and other educational materials online.

Jerry Herman: The Best of Times
Producing organization: NJN Public Television, Trenton, N.J. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $300,000. Major funders: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Executive producer: Nila Aronow. Producer/director: Amber Edwards. Contact: Nila Aronow, naronownjn.org, 609-777-5265.
Documentary profile of legendary Broadway composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, who wrote Hello Dolly, Mame and La Cage Aux Folles.

Niagara Falls
Producing organizations: WNED, Buffalo, N.Y., and Driftwood Productions. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: fundraising, preproduction. Budget: $500,000. Major funders: PBS, New York State Tourism. Executive producer: John Grant. Contact: John Grant, jgrantwned. org, 814-234-5210.
HD special tells the story of Niagara Falls, the first great tourist destination. A celebration of a natural wonder and an examination of human progress and folly on a grand scale.

Ranch House (w.t.)
Producing organizations: WNET and Wall to Wall Productions. Episodes: 8 x 60. Status: preproduction, scripting. Executive producer for WNET: Jody Sheff. Executive producers for Wall to Wall Productions: Leanne Klein, Diane Best. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715
The next American “hands-on history” project in the series that included Frontier House and Colonial House. Families and individuals will attempt to run an historically accurate Texas cattle ranch circa 1855. Series will debunk myths of the Wild West and explore the rich combination of cultures—Hispanic, Anglo and Native American—that co-existed in this territory.

Remaking American Medicine
Producing organization: Crosskeys Media. Presenting station: KQED, San Francisco. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: production. Budget: $5 million. Major funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Executive producer: Frank Christopher. Co-executive producer: Matthew Eisen. Contact: Frank Christopher, fccrosskeysmedia.com.
Travels across the nation to tell compelling stories of individuals and health care institutions as they struggle to transform the quality and safety of U.S. health care. Online and print media will support a two-year national, regional and local awareness campaign before the broadcast. Web: www.remakingamericanmedicine.org.

Waging a Living
Producing organizations: WNET and Public Policy Productions, Inc. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: production. Executive producer: Stephen Segaller. Producer: Roger Weisberg. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Chronicles the struggles of four low-wage workers, looking at their dreams, frustrations and efforts to escape poverty.

Fall 2006

American Troubadour
Producing organization: Lichtenstein Creative Media Inc. Episode: 1 x 120. Status: preproduction. Budget: $1.1 million. Producer: Bill Lichtenstein. Contact: Bill Lichtenstein, BillLCMedia.com.
Documentary on the life and music of singer-songwriter-activist Phil Ochs. A journalist by education, Ochs penned folk songs of social criticism, Vietnam, the civil rights movement and the counterculture that were “all the news that was fit to sing.” Companion book and radio doc planned. Web: www.AmericanTroubadour.com.

Beyond the Dream
Producing organization: Beyond the Dream LLC. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: postproduction. Budget: $1.75 million. Major funders: CPB Diversity Fund, PBS, Ford Foundation, ITVS, NAPT, Latino Public Broadcasting, Skirball Foundation. Executive producers/writers: Paul Espinosa, Lyn Goldfarb, Jed Riffe. Producers/directors: Paul Espinosa, Lyn Goldfarb, Jed Riffe, Emiko Omori. Contact: Lyn Goldfarb, lynbeyondthedream.org, 818-260-8909.
Since the 1970s, California has become the playing field for a wide array of issues that are redefining the American agenda—from the battle over immigration to issues of community development, sustainable agriculture, civic engagement, health care and American Indian sovereignty. Active Voice and producers will conduct national outreach campaign; DVD and teaching curriculum planned. Web: beyondthedream.org.

Curious George
Producing organizations: Universal Home Entertain-ment Productions with Imagine Entertainment and WGBH. Episodes: 30 x 30. Status: preproduction, scripting. Executive producer for WGBH: Carol Greenwald. Vice president of television programming for Universal: Ellen Cockrill. Head writer: Joe Fallon. Supervising director: Jeff McGrath. Contact: Carol Greenwald, carol_greenwaldwgbh.org.
Animated series based on the children’s books by H.A. and Margret Rey will use George’s insatiable curiosity as a way to acquaint preschoolers with key concepts in math, science and engineering technology. Outreach campaign will be designed to help parents, caregivers, teachers and librarians use series as a basis for exploration with the preschool audience.

Digging History (w.t.)
Producing station: Oregon Public Broadcasting. Episodes: 10 x 60. Status: fundraising. Budget: $3 million. Executive in charge of production for OPB: Jack Galmiche. Executive producer for OPB: David Davis. Contact: David Davis, david_davisopb.org, 503-293-1959.
Explores the mysteries that surround North American archeological sites and objects. Two stories per hour, hosted by on-camera archeologists.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo
Producing station: WNED, Buffalo, N.Y. Episodes: 1 x 60. Status: R&D. Budget: $500,000. Major funder: Margaret L. Wendt Foundation. Executive producer: John Grant. Producer: Paul Lamont. Contact: John Grant, jgrantwned.org, 814-234-5210.
Story of the 30-year friendship between the architect and Buffalo businessman Darwin D. Martin and the significance of Buffalo in Wright’s early career.

Hepatitis C: The Stealth Epidemic
Producing organization: Lichtenstein Creative Media. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: production. Budget: $614,000. Executive producer: Bill Lichtenstein. Contact: Bill Lichtenstein, billlcmedia.com.
Doc will explore the scope of the epidemic through the stories of those affected, examine why more was not done to alert the public to this health crisis, and investigate the failures of those responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation’s blood supply. National outreach effort to target advocacy organizations to focus on diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy efforts in local communities is planned. Web: hepcfilm.com.

The Jewish Americans
Producing organizations: WETA, WNET, JTN Productions and David Grubin Productions. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: R&D. Executive producers for WETA: Jeff Bieber, Dalton Delan. Executive producer for WNET: Stephen Segaller. Executive producer for JTN: Jay Sanderson. Producer: David Grubin. Contact: Dewey Blanton, dblantonweta.com.
Doc traces the history and monumental impact of Jews in America from the story’s beginnings in the colony of New Amsterdam through the present day. Companion book planned.

Juveniles in Crisis
Producing organization: Lichtenstein Creative Media. Episodes: 1 x 90. Status: production. Budget: $923,000. Executive producer: Bill Lichtenstein. Contact: Bill Lichtenstein, billlcmedia.com.
Examines the well-being of juveniles, exploring intertwined issues of mental health, juvenile justice, education and foster care, and proposing solutions to problems. To be accompanied by a one-hour public radio special and a national community engagement campaign to expand public knowledge, reach policymakers and channel action needed to improve these distressed systems. Web: lcmedia.com.

Living the Military Life
Producing organizations: WNET and Florentine Films. Episodes: 4 x 60. Status: R&D. Executive producer: Stephen Segaller. Producer/director: Roger Sherman. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Looks at the people who make up America’s fighting forces and the culture of what the Defense Department calls “America’s oldest corporation.”

The Mysterious Heart (w.t.)
Producing organizations: David Grubin Productions and WNET in association with WETA. Episodes: 3 x 60. Status: fundraising. Executive producer: Jared Lipworth. Executive producer for David Grubin Productions: David Grubin. Contact: Lisa Braun, braunthirteen.org, 212-560-2715.
Through the powerful stories of patients and doctors, the series explores the genius of the heart’s design and the myriad ways it can break down and fail us.

The War on Cancer
Producing station: WGBH in association with Elizabeth Arledge Productions. Episodes: 1 x 90, with 1 x 30 follow-up special. Status: fundraising, preproduction. Executive producer: Laurie Donnelly. Producer: Elizabeth Arledge. Contact: Blyth Lord, blyth_lord wgbh.org.
Will explore the disease’s history and current impact and new and promising treatments and prevention. Website will serve as an online resource for people who have cancer, have a family member with the disease or have a family history of the disease. Outreach programs will encompass local, regional and national activities and partnerships.

Word World
Producing organizations: WTTW National Productions and Word World Inc. Episodes: 13 x 30. Status: R&D. Executive producer: Randy King. Founder/c.e.o. of Word World: Don Moody. Contact: Shaunese Teamer, steamerwttw.com, 773-509-5441.
Computer-animated preschool series in which problems are solved through word-building. Planned outreach includes partnering with Reading is Fundamental to produce PSAs and teacher and parent resources. Companion books, toys, CDs planned.

Sometime in 2006

Adoption: An American Revolution (w.t.)
Producing organizations: WGBH and Spy Pond Pro-ductions. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: fundraising. Execu-tive producer: Judith Vecchione. Producer/director: Eric Stange. Contact: Judith Vecchione, judith_vecchionewgbh.org, 617-300-3789.
One hundred million Americans have someone who is adopted in their immediate family. Program explores the far-reaching impact of adoption on America today. Outreach will target schools and communities.

The Botany of Desire
Producing organizations: Kikim Media and KQED, San Francisco. Episodes: 1 x 120. Status: fundrais