Author: Karen Everhart
Wiseman at work in Idaho state legislature
The Idaho Legislature is the subject of Frederick Wiseman’s next cinema verite documentary. Starting with his controversial film Titicut Follies in 1967, Wiseman ...Worlds away from Rukeyser’s Wall Street
Wall Street Week with Fortune, the PBS series that reinvented itself last year after a messy split with original host Louis Rukeyser, is setting ...Network says PBS brand helps stations ‘be more’
Inconsistent branding strategies make it increasingly difficult for viewers to see the connections between PBS, the programs it distributes and the local ...Moyers a flash point in balance talks led by CPB
CPB has revived debate within public TV about balance and fairness in public affairs programs, citing specifically Bill Moyers’ dual roles of host and ...Yankee pitchman, former GBH pres David Ives dies at 84
David Otis Ives cultivated an eccentric Yankee image as a WGBH pitchman that endeared him to New England audiences and helped fuel ...Friday nights, PBS has balance on its mind
PBS has initiated fast-track development of a new 10 p.m. public affairs series to supplement its two-hour Friday night block. The half-hour ...Fred Rogers: ‘No matter where he was, a lot of love came through’
Fred Rogers occupied a quiet corner of the tumultuous television landscape, but his influence was profound and borne of the kindness, ...Boxer KO’s naturalist in contest for May 14
Programmers at PBS and at a key group of stations put themselves on a collision course when they scheduled two different programs ...Securing the union, pumping up the volume, bowling in a league
From the opening moments of its 2001 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PBS drew on the city’s role in U.S. history and a ...Social capital: purpose or just a slogan?
The buzzword “social capital” has acquired lots of different meanings within public television as PBS and its member stations speculate whether and ...Video center chief Fifer will lead ITVS
ITVS, the CPB-funded organization operating in the tricky middle-ground between independent filmmakers and public TV stations, has appointed a leader in the ...Philly gets its first airing of 1968 Wiseman film
If Frederick Wiseman’s High School works like a time machine, transporting viewers back to their own coming of age experiences in this quintessential American ...APT sees 70% carriage for animated tales of danger and heroism
Serialized adventures of an orphan mouse who dreams of becoming a heroic warrior come to the screen [in April 2001] through American ...Spending goals, slowdown prompt 60 layoffs at PBS
Anticipating the rollout of a new strategic plan and budget proposal, PBS laid off 60 employees March 15. Although the 9 percent cutback of ...Friends group keeps control of Colorado’s KUNC
A 20-day campaign to retain local control of KUNC generated more than $2 million in pledges from some 2,000 supporters.
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